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• a variation of Brahmanism.

Brahminism

American  

[brah-muh-niz-uhm] / ˈbrɑ məˌnɪz əm /

noun

1. Brahmanism.

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Derived Forms

• Brahminist
  noun

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As most of those confined are Hindoos and profess Brahminism, they bathe several times a day, in a large tank filled with excellent water.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

While Brahminism rules the great Southern Peninsula of Asia, Buddhism is the religion of Eastern Asia, numbering more adherents than any other religion on the globe.

From From Egypt to Japan by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)

Thus taught Brahminism, Budhism, Persianism, and other religious systems, before the dawn of Christianity.

From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Graves, Kersey

We must remember, then, when speaking of the teaching of Sakya, that it was constructed upon the supposed fundamental truths of Brahminism, just as the doctrines of Jesus were built upon those of Judaism.

From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas

Of the active virtues, however, the recognition is as slight as may be; so slight as to make it doubtful whether Buddhism be a better rule for the formation of good citizens than Brahminism.

From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)