TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bhattacharyya, N.N
TI  - Indian Puberty Rites
U1  - 612.6610954 BHA 23
PY  - 1980///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers
KW  - Puberty rites -- India
KW  - India -- Social life and customs
KW  - Adolescence -- India
N2  - 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
ER  -