Reincarfication Analysis

The concept or notion of purity and the pollution gave more impetus to the discrimination based on Brahminical social order. As it is evident from Hindu religion that cleanliness is understood very important and the social system based on caste contributed more to this idea. It can be observed that ‘untouchability’ was considered thus a source of exclusivism, a social instrument of which became religious only by being drawn into the pollution-purity complex Therefore, it was considered that people belonging to the higher social classes based on caste hierarchy were more pure and less polluted and the people belonging to the lower caste were perceived as less pure and more polluted The beginning point for categorizing Dalit began from this
The concept of reincarnation was constructed by the Aryans in order to vindicate their oppressive behavior and action against the natives and to keep the people from revolting against the system. Reincarnation justifies oppression of the ‘untouchables’ in two ways. It justifies injustice and deflects prospects for progress from this life to a “next life” For the people who are ranked top in social hierarchy (the Brahmins), reincarnation justifies why are they given the privilege of high class birth. Those privileges were earned through virtuous behaviors in their past lives, and a privileged birth proves that one deserves privilege. For the people who were ranked at bottom in social hierarchical system, the untouchables, reincarnation justifies why do they have to suffer for their low birth. They must have earned their suffering due to their sinful acts in their past lives. In order to escape an untouchable’s birth in their next life, Hindus who are born as untouchables began to accept instead of oppose their own oppression. Law of Manu prescribed in Manusmriti, suggests untouchables that the source of improving their position in their next life is only possible by leading a virtuous life this time around with no acts of deviance towards the
The religious scriptures has been the constant stimuli for this stratification system for centuries, beginning with the Aryans and continuing down a long road of ironical discrimination, segregation, marginalization, oppression, violence and inequality. The religious sources of Hinduism have primarily been backbone of the purity-pollution complex and it was the religion that influenced day to day lives and beliefs of the Indian masses. Even after sixty-nine years of independence, Indians continue to be enslaved of the caste consciousness. It can be observed that caste system continues to play a significant role in the dynamic of social and political interactions within India. However, the relationship between caste and hereditary occupations has become less significant and there are fewer ristrictions on social interaction among castes, especially in urban