San|skrit|i|za|tion

San|skrit|i|za|tion
San|skrit|i|za|tion «SAN skriht uh ZAY shuhn», noun.
1. a) the act or process of Sanskritizing. b) the fact or result of being Sanskritized.
2. the adoption of the customs, attitudes, and status symbols of a Hindu upper caste by a caste below it: »

There is still a hierarchy, but castes can make their way upward within it by…Sanskritization (London Times).


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