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    <title>Indian Puberty Rites</title>
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    <namePart>Bhattacharyya, N.N</namePart>
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    <publisher>Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1980</dateIssued>
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  <physicalDescription>
    <extent>v, 81p. 25 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>Indian Puberty Rites examines puberty and initiation ceremonies in India and their relationship to religious beliefs, social customs, and rites of passage. Bhattacharyya draws particularly on ancient Sanskrit literature and compares textual evidence with surviving tribal and popular customs to explain aspects of ancient Indian social and religious life.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">N. N. Bhattacharyya.</note>
  <subject>
    <topic>Puberty rites -- India</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>India -- Social life and customs</topic>
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  <subject>
    <topic>Adolescence -- India</topic>
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