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Pronunciation: [bɹˈɑːmɪnz] (IPA)

Brahmins are a social and cultural group that has been influential in Indian society for centuries. As such, there are many different synonyms for this term, each with its own connotations and meanings. Some common alternative words used to refer to Brahmins include pandit, guru, acharya, and shastri. These words indicate the role of Brahmins as learned and respected members of society, often serving as spiritual guides and authorities on matters of culture and tradition. Other synonyms for Brahmins may refer to their caste or social status, such as the term "dwij" which translates to "twice-born". Regardless of the specific word used to refer to them, Brahmins retain a significant cultural and societal presence in modern India.
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We mention Christmas and Easter Explained by Oriental Sun Worship, Leipsic, '36; Brahmins and Rabbins, Weissen, '36; The Prophet Elijah as a Sun Myth, '37; The Gods of the Syrians, '42; Biblical Mythology of the Old and New Testament, 2 vols.
"A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations"
Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
Caste, it seems, has nothing to do with money, and these women, though as poor as it is possible to be, were thrice-born Brahmins, and received us with the most gracious, charming manners, inviting us to sit on the string-bed while they stood before us with meekly folded hands.
"Olivia in India"
O. Douglas
Upon these traditions the religion of the Brahmins and Persees is founded.
"A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)"
Jacob Bryant

Famous quotes with Brahmins

  • The Brahmins say that in their books there are many predictions of times in which it will rain. But press those books as strongly as you can, you can not get out of them a drop of water. So you can not get out of all the books that contain the best precepts the smallest good deed.
    Leo Tolstoy
  • Not that an isolated occasion of saying the truth automatically leads to the disappearance of falsehood. Dharampal's famous book The Beautiful Tree completely demolished the myth that the Brahmins kept all the education for their own caste, and that Shudras were kept in darkness and illiteracy. Yet, the myth is still repeated... It is not enough to unearth the truth, it also has to be broadcast, and nobody should get away with pretending it isn't there.
    Koenraad Elst
  • The decline of Indian Buddhism was centrally due to the fact that it never offered the Indian laity a complete religion. Early Buddhism knew no ceremonies for birth and death, marriage, illness, and other critical turns of private life... Only for the community of monks did Buddhism provide a complete and well-defined way of life. ...But Brahmins were needed for all the ordinary crises in life, ready with their rites and sacred formulas to ward off danger or minimize the damage. This elemental fact assured the survival of Brahminism in India.
    William H. McNeill
  • — We have seen that though Cristna was said to have left many sons, he left his immense empire, which extended from the sources of the Indus to Cape Comorin, (for we find a Regio Pandionis near this point,) to his daughter Pandæa; but, from finding the icon of Buddha so constantly shaded with the nine Cobras, &c., I am induced to think that this Pandeism was a doctrine, which had been received both by Buddhists and Brahmins.
    Godfrey Higgins
  • The Brahmins are a dynasty and a caste. Brahma is the sun and its rays Brahmins. The Brahmans left the mouth of God as the purest of their verbs, and the Sudras were born from the feet, as the vilest dust. It is not for the sudra or touch the outcast Brahmins, is not given as the roots touch the flowers, or the sole of the foot touching the mouth. The hands that touch the outcast Brahmin in print in him the indelible stamp of hell, the purity of the Brahmin is like the dew drop on the sheet, which only disappears forever when you touch him.
    Francisco Luís Gomes

Related words: Indian Brahmins, Brahmin cuisine, Hindu Brahmins, Brahmins in Kerala

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