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Some aspects of Nayar life
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland • 48 • Published In 1918 • Pages: 254-293
By: Panikkar, K. M. (Kavalam Madhava).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source consists of a series of notes on various aspects of the ethnography of the Nayar caste, with particular emphasis on village organization, family life, marriage customs, birth and funeral ceremonies, religion and magic, and material culture. It concludes with notes on the origin of the word "Nayar," a critique of a theory on the intertwined origins of the Toda people and the Nayars, and the rejection of a theory of Nayar polyandry.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Castes
- Acquisition and relinquishment of property
- Property system
- Kinship terminology
- Purification and atonement
- General sex restrictions
- Family relationships
- Arranging a marriage
- Avuncular and nepotic relatives
- Ethnosociology
- Termination of marriage
- Parents-in-law and children-in-law
- Community structure
- Regulation of marriage
- Polygamy
- Gender status
- Special unions and marriages
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kerala
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 1966-1968
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1913-1918
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern Kerala, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- K. M. Panikkar
- See cat. 116, pp. 271-272, 293 for author's strong denial, based on lack of clear evidence, that polyandry was ever practiced by the Nayars.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- sn 79006341
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kerala (India)