{"product_id":"nlevarnam-johann-reinhold-forster-9780648607243","title":"N\u0026#257;levarnam: Of the Four Communities or Castes","description":"Paulinus a Sancto Bartholomaeo (1748-1806) was an Austrian Carmelite missionary - of Croatian origin - who worked in India and published a \u003ci\u003eSystema Brahmanicum liturgicum mythologicum civile\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe Brāhmanical Liturgical, Mythological and Civil System\u003c\/i\u003e) in 1791 which was edited and translated into German in 1797 as\u003ci\u003e Darstellung der brahmanisch-indischen Götterlehre, religionsgebräuche und bürgerlichen Verfassung\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eAn Account of the Brāhmanical Indian Mythology, Religious Customs and Civil Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e) by the naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-1798). The present translation of four chapters from this work dealing with the four main castes of India makes available to the English-speaking reader one of the earliest European accounts of the caste system as it existed in India at the end of the eighteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Johann Reinhold Forster,Paulinus A. Sancto Bartholomaeo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0648607240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780648607243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manticore Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.21d","brand":"Johann Reinhold Forster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48441198575871,"sku":"9780648607243","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85a3561b-f29b-480c-9f7e-da8e1dcad8f1.jpg?v=1777189358","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nlevarnam-johann-reinhold-forster-9780648607243","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}