TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sathaye, Adheesh A.
TI  - Crossing the Lines of Caste: Visvamitra and the Construction of Brahmin Power in Hindu Mythology 
SN  - 9780199341115
U1  - 294.508621 SAT 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York : 
PB  -  Oxford University Press
KW  - Brahmins
KW  - Hindu mythology
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Social stratification
N2  - Normative Brahminical ideology deems it impossible for an ordinary individual to change caste without undergoing death and rebirth. However, the sage Visvamitra transformed himself from a king into a Brahmin through ascetic power (tapas). This book examines the legends of Visvamitra across Sanskrit, vernacular, oral, and visual traditions, offering a historical analysis of how these stories reinforced or adapted Brahmin social power over three thousand years
ER  -