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Definition of Brahminism
1. Noun. The religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism.
2. Noun. The religious beliefs of ancient India as prescribed in the sacred Vedas and Brahmanas and Upanishads.
Definition of Brahminism
1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Brahmanism) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brahminism
Literary usage of Brahminism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Cyclopedia of Missions: Containing a Comprehensive View of Missionary by Harvey Newcomb (1855)
"... brahminism : The religion of the Brch- j from them it is called brahminism.
They ei- mins, which is the prevailing religion of Hin- 1 all themselves ..."
2. The Methodist Review (1861)
"brahminism: ITS HISTORY AND CLAIMS. ... brahminism is probably the oldest of
living faiths: older, indeed, than most of those which have passed away, ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1902)
"... besides Christianity, which are found among men, three of them, brahminism,
Buddhism, and Zoroastrianism, being Aryan ; two, Confucianism and Taoism, ..."
4. India, Ancient and Modern, Geographical, Historical, Political, Social, and by David Oliver Allen (1856)
"brahminism — THE VEDAS. There are no means of ascertaining at what period the
system of religion, commonly called brahminism, was introduced into India. ..."
5. Great Religions of the World by Herbert Allen Giles (1912)
"brahminism IN order to bring out clearly the point of view from which I shall
approach this subject, I must begin by a few preliminar}' observations. ..."
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