GASA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Descendents
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In lecture 4 we looked at caturvarnasrama system of classes: bhramin scholar teacher, ksatriya warior kind, vaisya, sudra. The top three classes were offered certain occupations. Hermit, wandering ascetic (know the differences between the two: fire, as well as being able to provide for themselves with respect to begging and using resources from the forest) We will look at the tension between the householder and ascetic ways of life. Part 1: the arguments for each side - Reading for this week: manu 6. 1 page 43. This chapter continues to emphasize householder life (will be picking out the claims for the householder why the householder is important this book assumes that the householder life is good) An individual who has graduated must marry after a ritual. If the woman with whom you are wanting to marry offers offerings to the same anscestors, you must not marry her sapinda cannot be married on the father"s side.
