I cant see my email in the outbox so I am sending it again : this question made me think of Karna who tried to fool Parasurama but as Nagaraj Paturi’s comment reminded me of other instances in the Mahabharata (as when the Pandavas are in exile and incognito). 


Best wishes

Shyam 

Shyam Ranganathan 

York University 

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On Jan 19, 2018, at 1:44 PM, Nagaraj Paturi via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Krishna, a Kshatriya of Yaadava dynasty passes for a gopaala until he returns to Mathura. 

On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 12:10 AM, Manu Francis <manufrancis@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Nagaraj Paturi,

Yes, such cases are sought for.

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Emmanuel Francis
Chargé de recherche CNRS, Centre d'étude de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud (UMR 8564, EHESS-CNRS, Paris)
http://ceias.ehess.fr/
http://ceias.ehess.fr/index.php?1725
http://rcsi.hypotheses.org/
Associate member, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Culture (SFB 950, Universität Hamburg)
http://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html
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2018-01-19 19:19 GMT+01:00 Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi@gmail.com>:

If successful disguise is counted as successful impersonation or passing, there are many. 

Pandavas disguise themselves as Brahmins in Ekachakrapura and participate in svayamvara in that form only. 

Are you / Is she looking for such cases?

On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 10:53 PM, Artur Karp via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

A highly interesting question, 

Best, 

Artur Karp (em.)

Katedra Azji Południowej 

Uniwersytet Warszawski

Warszawa

2018-01-19 17:56 GMT+01:00 Manu Francis via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info>:

Dear Colleagues,

I forward below a query on behalf my Colleague Zoé Headley.

(on her current project "Studies in Tamil Studio Archives and Society (S.T.A.R.S.)"
see e.g:
http://www.ifpindia.org/content/studies-tamil-studio-archives-and-society-stars
and
http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/video/2018/01/19/une-autre-histoire-de-l-inde-ecrite-par-ses-photos_5244050_1650684.html)

Any help will be much appreciated.

Her query is:

"I am searching for references in Indian literature and classical texts of instances of "caste impersonation", i.e. when an individual or a group "passes" as a caste which is not their original birth group. My search includes such instances in contemporary literature"

With very best wishes.

--

Emmanuel Francis
Chargé de recherche CNRS, Centre d'étude de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud (UMR 8564, EHESS-CNRS, Paris)
http://ceias.ehess.fr/
http://ceias.ehess.fr/index.php?1725
http://rcsi.hypotheses.org/
Associate member, Centre for the Study of Manuscript Culture (SFB 950, Universität Hamburg)
http://www.manuscript-cultures.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html
https://cnrs.academia.edu/emmanuelfrancis

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Nagaraj Paturi

 

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra

BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies

 

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,

 

(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )

 

 

 

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Nagaraj Paturi

 

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra

BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies

 

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,

 

(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )

 

 

 

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