Contributions to Indian Sociology, Volume 9

agnatic agricultural analysis anthropology Atri bhadralok Bhumihar Bihar brāhmaṇa Brahmin bride census cent clubs conjugal affines consanguineal context correlation cultural dahej daughter Delhi dhyānī distinction Dumont economic ego's equivalence rule exogamy fact factor father's female genealogical gift-giving gifts gotra groom's Harijans hierarchy High Caste Hindu household Howrah husband important Indian sociology jāti jijā kin terms kinship system kinship terminology kṣatriya labour Louis Dumont Madan Mahisya entrepreneurs male māmā Manu Maratha marriage married matrilineal means mother's brother natal north India one's organizational participation Pandits parents persons political predictors present prestations principle pujas Rajput rank reference relation relationship relatives ritual role sālā saris siblings sister social spouses status structure Sudra Table tenants tion University Untouchables upper caste Uttar Pradesh vaiśya variables varna Vatuk village voluntary associations vote wedding wife wife-givers wife-takers wives woman women Yadav