... of perpetuating their religious distinction and social privileges, and, as already noted, supported in later works including the Bhagavad-Gita, part of the Mahabharata, which is the second great Indian epic, and also in the Upanishads.. The idea of keeping oneself away from unclean people is understandable in a society that was obsessed with the concept of physical and mental purity. Even ... ...

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