On the same mountain lived a Raksasa named Parasu, frightening the heavenly Brahmins. |
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For the Brahmins are hereditary keepers and masters of the language, hymns and mantras of the universe. |
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In the Vedic Yoga system Brahmins used various breathing exercises, which are still in use today. |
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Atharva Veda is also known as Brahma Veda, because it is still used as a manual by Hindu priests and Brahmins. |
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The food of the Brahmins is very light and vegetarian, and then there are the Hindus who are not Brahmins, who will eat non-veg. |
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In Hyderabad, the emperor in the name of purifying it and ridding it of infidel Hindu Brahmins condoned heinous activities. |
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Brahmins began to be described as cunning, parasitic exploiters and authors of the iniquitous caste system. |
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Is the New Yorker part of the old pre-Roosevelt world of Brahmins and mavens? |
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The Brahmins were known for their tendency to absorb, assimilate and upgrade deities, not for exhibiting animus towards them. |
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Brahmins and ascetics play their part, but their roles are secondary to those of Ayodhya's ruling family, and the monkey and demon warriors. |
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Their identity can only be guessed at by the symptoms of the possessed person, and also by the astrological calculations of our Brahmins. |
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Gurus may come from any caste group, and Brahmins need not be spiritual guides, though many are. |
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For the temple, so the Brahmins will tell you, is a tirtha, a crossing place, linking the profane to the sacred. |
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After his death, a Shudra king Hubbasiga started hectoring the Brahmins and some of them left Tulu nadu again. |
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Even in the exceptional cases, the reason is vegetarianism as Jains, Brahmins and Gujaratis are very particular about this aspect. |
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The break up of the Vijayanagara empire had resulted in the satraps setting up their own separate kingdoms and the Brahmins were sought to legitimatise their rebel rule. |
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Certainly, at both sets of stalls the procession would halt, garlands would be draped over the Brahmins and political candidates, and more coconuts cracked over the rath. |
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The walls of temples were carved with images of Portuguese visitors and Arab traders, of Brahmins honouring the Buddha and Buddhists worshipping Hindu deities. |
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There is acute struggle for political, social and cultural supremacy between various castes in India and in Maharashtra particularly between the Brahmins and Marathas. |
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Perhaps, I am one of the few South Indian Brahmins who has had a conducted tour of so many gurdwaras from a celebrated Sikh historian and possibly a Sikh theologian. |
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During a recent visit, I found liberals and intellectuals, jet-setters and slum dwellers, men and women, Brahmins and untouchables expressing this Hindu pride. |
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Elsewhere, where Hindus did convert, it was not the hoped-for Brahmins, but the powerless and disenfranchized lower castes and untouchables who made the change. |
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Kshatriyas, the ruling class, and the priestly class of Brahmins began to exert pressure on the society and the caste system became more systematized. |
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Indian Brahmins and traders brought Hinduism to the region and made contacts with local courts. |
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They periodically invited Indian Brahmins into their realms and began a gradual process of Indianisation in the region. |
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Thomas, later intermarried with the ethnic local community and Brahmins of the 6th century. |
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The text dedicates 1,034 verses, the largest portion, on laws for and expected virtues of Brahmins, and 971 verses for Kshatriyas. |
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The ancient Persian haoma is cognate with the Vedic homa or fire rites that accompany the soma of the Brahmins. |
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Historically, the major castes across the subcontinent have included the Brahmins, the Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and the Shudras. |
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Once a refuge for brahmins looking to blow off steam, today the group is known for its campy puns and campier costumes. |
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To give one example, Radhakrishnan identifies high Hinduism with the hidebound casteism of Durvasapura brahmins throughout. |
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The four distinct Varnas or castes that are mutually exclusive, hereditary, endogamous, and occupation-specific are the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras. |
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Traditionally in India the main castes have been the Brahmins, the priestly class, Kshatriyas, the soldier class, Vaisyas, the trader class, and Sudras, the cultivator class. |
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The Tamil Brahmins are primarily settled around the Tali Siva temple. |
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The Purusa Sukta was contrived by the brahmins at a much later period of time to perpetuate the deranking of the sudra tribe of the ksatriya varna. |
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