[INDOLOGY] dna and castes

[patrick mccartney]

Purusha Suktam - explains how Brahmins form the head, Ksatriyas the arms,
Vaishyas the body, Shudras the feet  - actually 10.90.12

In my ethnographic research I have heard this quoted countless times by
Brahmins as justification as to why they consider themselves superior to
the other classes/castes.

All the best,

Patrick McCartney

PhD Candidate
School of Culture, History & Language
College of the Asia-Pacific
The Australian National University
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On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:45 PM, rajam <rajam at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Dear Patrick McCartney,
>
> Many thanks. Currently I don’t have access to several resources including
> a library. So, could you please recite yajurveda 30.11  / ṛgveda 10.90 and
> explain the contents?
>
> Thanks and regards,
> rajam
>
>
>
> On Jan 27, 2016, at 7:05 PM, patrick mccartney <psdmccartney at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> yajurveda 30.11  / ṛgveda 10.90  could be good places to start?
>
> All the best,
>
> Patrick McCartney
>
> PhD Candidate
> School of Culture, History & Language
> College of the Asia-Pacific
> The Australian National University
> Canberra, Australia, 0200
>
>
> Skype - psdmccartney
> Phone + Whatsapp:  +61 414 954 748
>
>
>
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy6lVABgjmg
>
> <http://goog_371544488/>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVqBD_2P4Pg
>
> http://youtu.be/y3XfjbwqC_g
>
> http://trinityroots.bandcamp.com/track/all-we-be
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:12 PM, rajam <rajam at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> My naive, honest, and sincere question: *Who* decided/declared that the
>> brahmins are the “upper caste?” and *what* was/is the criterion for such
>> designation?
>>
>> As a brahmin myself, why am I not able to understand/accept such epithet?
>>
>> Thanks and regards,
>> rajam
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 27, 2016, at 6:04 PM, rajam <rajam at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> Yet another cookie-cutter study resulting in a cotton-candy result! sigh.
>>
>> Regards,
>> rajam
>>
>> On Jan 27, 2016, at 12:55 PM, Tieken, H.J.H. <
>> H.J.H.Tieken at hum.leidenuniv.nl> wrote:
>>
>> Here is the link, for those who cannot open the attachment:
>>
>>
>> http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/01/20/1513197113.abstract?sid=304804fd-0979-4e2a-87a7-a73108f3ed23
>>
>> Herman Tieken
>> Stationsweg 58
>> 2515 BP Den Haag
>> The Netherlands
>> 00 31 (0)70 2208127
>> website: hermantieken.com
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