Manuscript Number : GISRRJ1924110

A Critical Study of Caste Status and Human Motives

Authors(1) :-Dr. Nishma James

Hindu society has a unique social structure, namely the caste systems. The caste system has the dominating influence in Indian's social life. Caste status is wholly predetermined, so that men are born to their lot in life without hope of changing it. Caste is a complete barrier to the mobility of class. In principles it involves an absolute and permanent stratification of the community. The main characteristics of a caste are the belief in a common origin held by all the members and the possession of the traditional occupation. It may be defined as an endogamous group or collection of such groups bearing a common name, having the same traditional occupation, claiming decent form the same source, and commonly regarded as forming a single homogenous community. Caste system a four-fold hierarchy of Vernas-(i) Brahman, (2) Kshtriya, (3) Vaina ind (4) Sudra, Brahman at he top and Sudras at the bottom. This is a highly winshfied nodel of social divisions vhich in reality were and are enormously morc elabo- FRte Caste in the operative sense are not four, but many. There are so many that it is vortually impossible to determine heir exact number.

Authors and Affiliations

Dr. Nishma James
M.A., Ph.D. (Psychology), B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 2 | Issue 3 | May-June 2019
Date of Publication : 2019-06-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 54-57
Manuscript Number : GISRRJ1924110
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2582-0095

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Dr. Nishma James, "A Critical Study of Caste Status and Human Motives ", Gyanshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (GISRRJ), ISSN : 2582-0095, Volume 2, Issue 3, pp.54-57, May-June.2019
URL : https://gisrrj.com/GISRRJ1924110

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