Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The religious practices and beliefs of ancient India as reflected in the Vedas.
- noun The social and religious system of orthodox Hindus, especially of the Brahmins, based on a caste structure and various forms of pantheism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The religion or system of doctrines of the Brahmans; the social system of ancient India, with the Brahmans as leading caste. Also
Brahminism .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The religion or system of doctrines of the Brahmans; the religion of Brahma.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The principles and religious practice of the
Brahmins , aspects ofHinduism as practiced by the Brahmin caste of India. - proper noun Historical
Vedic ritualism, contrasted with Shramana traditions. - proper noun The conduct or attitudes ascribed to the social or cultural elite within a given society.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism
- noun the religious beliefs of ancient India as prescribed in the sacred Vedas and Brahmanas and Upanishads
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Examples
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The description is a true one; the term Brahmanism represents what is common to the Hindu castes and sects; it is their greatest common measure, as it were.
New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments John Morrison
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The Vedic period is followed by what is usually termed Brahmanism, the religion that is inculcated in the rituals called Br [= a] hmana and its later development in the Upanishads.
The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Edward Washburn Hopkins 1894
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In India, Brahmanism, which is still supreme, was established at so early a period that its origin is lost in the remotest antiquity.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864
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Not many years ago great offence was given by an eminent writer who remarked that the time had come when the history of Christianity should be treated in a truly historical spirit, in the same spirit in which we treat the history of other religions, such as Brahmanism,
Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion 1861
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Brahmanism: This is the sum of Dharma duty: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you.
Timothy D. Slekar: Do Not Judge, Do Not Condemn Timothy D. Slekar 2011
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Brahmanism: This is the sum of Dharma duty: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you.
Timothy D. Slekar: Do Not Judge, Do Not Condemn Timothy D. Slekar 2011
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Naipaul might not have escaped his family: a struggling clan of Indians with more Brahmanism in their aspirations than in their actual background, transported by the British from India to Trinidad.
Cruel and Unusual 2008
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Naipaul might not have escaped his family: a struggling clan of Indians with more Brahmanism in their aspirations than in their actual background, transported by the British from India to Trinidad.
Cruel and Unusual 2008
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Naipaul might not have escaped his family: a struggling clan of Indians with more Brahmanism in their aspirations than in their actual background, transported by the British from India to Trinidad.
Cruel and Unusual 2008
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As a fairly serious student of Buddhism (the Buddha was from India just like the Hindu priest, and Buddhism has its origins in Brahmanism) I am at least as appalled as you are.
Christian Right Activists Disrupt Hindu Chaplain In The Senate 2009
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