Traditional and Occupational theories of caste origin do not explain the total facts of its origin. How?
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This theory owes its origin to the ancient literature. It believes that caste has a divine origin. There are some references in the Vedic literature, wherein it is said that castes were created by Brahma, the supreme creator. He created different castes for the harmonious performance of various social functions for the maintenance of society. According to the ‘Purushasukta’ hymn of the Rig Veda, the Brahman is supposed to have been born from the mouth of the Supreme Being, the Kshatriya from the arms, the Vaishya from the thighs and the Sudra from the feet of the creator.
The emergence of four castes from different parts of Brahma’s body is only a symbolic description and is indicative of the work performed by each of them. It considers caste as a natural determined organisation of social functions and explains one’s birth in a particular caste in terms of the doctrine of Karma as well as dharma. Since the Brahmin has come out of the mouth, the seat of speech, his duty is to serve society as a teacher and also to preserve his cultural heritage.
Different theories have different facts and assumptions of the caste system.
According to Traditional theory caste has a divine origin and believers think that it was created by Brahma.
The origin of the caste system was also defined by the Karma and Dharma doctrines.
According to Occupational theory of caste system was defined according to the fixed occupation.
But when we see both these theories in totally we don’t have appropriate facts of the origin.