Brahmo Samaj

American  

[brah-moh suh-mahj] / ˈbrɑ moʊ səˈmɑdʒ /

Also Brahma Samaj

noun

1. a modern Hindu movement advocating a monotheistic religion based on the Upanishads, and social and educational reforms according to Western principles.

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Etymology

Origin of Brahmo Samaj

From Bengali brāhma samāj “assembly of Brahma”

Example Sentences

Although our ancestors were Sikhs, my father was Christian and my mother was a follower of Brahmo Samaj, a reformist Hindu movement.

From The Guardian • Aug. 2, 2017

Babu Rajnarain Bose translated this narrative from a very old number of the Tatwabodhini Patrika, the Calcutta organ of the Brahmo Samaj.

From Five Years of Theosophy by Various

First he established a Brahmo Samaj; many such Brahmos as Tara Charan were attracted to it, and to the speech-making there was no limit.

From The Poison Tree A Tale of Hindu Life in Bengal by Knight, Miriam S.

In the previous decades the most conspicuous force in India, although numerically weak, was the already mentioned Brahmo Samaj, founded by Ram Mohun Roy in 1828.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

I cannot stop here to speak of the Meeting at which the Brahmo Samaj presented me with an Address of Welcome the next day.

From The Authoritative Life of General William Booth by Railton, George S. (George Scott)