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features of caste were changing though all of them continue
to exist in some form.

D.P. Mukerji – Tradition and change
• He believed that sociologists should learn and be

familiar with both ‘High’ and ‘Low’ languages and

cultures- not only Sanskrit , Persian or Arabic but also
local Dialects.

• He argued that Indian culture and society are not

individualistic, it is oriented towards group, sect or
caste action, not voluntaristic individual action.

• Tradition comes from the root ‘tradere’ which means

‘to transmit’.

• D.P asserts tradition do change.

• He says for a dynamic Indian Sociology would be to
provide an account of the non- economic causes of

change.

• 3 principles of change are recognised in Indian
tradition are

1) Shruti/ Sruti- means lyrics and ‘what is heard’

2) Smriti – Hindu religious texts containing traditional
teachings on Religion such as Mahabharata.

3) Anubhava- personal experience which is the
revolutionary principle. It changes into collective

experience of groups and sects.

• According D.P , the discursive reason (Buddhi- vichar)

is not ‘dominant force’ of change but prem and
anubhava are superior agents of change.