Brahmanical
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The Buddhacarita, Olivelle argues, is both an extension of Brahmanical texts and a potent challenge to them � repudiating Vedic conservatism and its emphasis on family units.
From Time Magazine Archive
Each of the ten feels itself to be quite apart from the rest; and they have among themselves no fewer than 1886 subdivisions or separate Brahmanical tribes.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John
Vasantaka supports the king thus, "I will swear to this, by my Brahmanical thread, that the original was never seen before by either of us."
From Tales from the Hindu Dramatists by Zemin, J. S.
These three fires were made use of in many Brahmanical solemnities, for example in funeral rites when the three fires were arranged in prescribed order.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
The most remarkable Hindu or Brahmanical temples are in Southern India.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
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