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Page 128
... persons into four categories in respect to each continuum in order that comparison with economic classes might be ... Persons of low economic position and persons of low piety tend to hold inferior general social status positions , while ...
... persons into four categories in respect to each continuum in order that comparison with economic classes might be ... Persons of low economic position and persons of low piety tend to hold inferior general social status positions , while ...
Page 132
... persons specified by household heads , as being " best friends " and those named as being in their intimate friendship circle , were compared to the rating of the person specifying them . ( In this analysis the full survey sample of 100 ...
... persons specified by household heads , as being " best friends " and those named as being in their intimate friendship circle , were compared to the rating of the person specifying them . ( In this analysis the full survey sample of 100 ...
Page 133
... persons with whom householders most frequently spend their leisure hours . Although fourteen individuals , some probably from outside the village , were named for whom we had no financial rating , and six householders claimed to have no ...
... persons with whom householders most frequently spend their leisure hours . Although fourteen individuals , some probably from outside the village , were named for whom we had no financial rating , and six householders claimed to have no ...
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agricultural almsgiving associated astrologer auspicious Badahela behavior believe betel bhikkhu boutiques bride brothers Bryce Ryan Buddha Buddhist caste cent ceremony Ceylon coconut couple crop culture dagoba daughter demon dhobi distinct dowry economic especially estates exorcizing fact father fields frequently garden girl gods Goyigama groom harvest honor Hooniyam horoscope household heads husband important Jataka Kalutara Kataragama kinship kinsmen less living Lokuliyanage Low Country male marriage married matters nearly neighborhood neighbors Nibbana organization paddy cultivation paddy land parental home participation peasant Pelpola Pelpola Central persons piligeneema pinkama pirith poruva position potters practices prestige priest production rarely rational relationships relatives responses rice rubber sarong secular significance Sinhalese social society Sri Pada status Straus supernatural temple tion traditional trees Undecided University of Ceylon upasaka urban usually values village wage labor wealth wedding Western wife wives women youth