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It took poor Hesse years to recover his Brahmanic daydream.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Brahmanic Laws of Manu, a code of Hindu principles first articulated in the fifth century B.C., forbade the use of arrows tipped with fire or poison.

From Time Magazine Archive

One day a short time before her delivery date, Clara came down from her Brahmanic refuge without warning and began to speak again.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

The knowledge of Sanskrit, and the investigation of Brahmanic literature, had inaugurated a scientific movement which has gone on ever since with increasing energy.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by D'Anvers, N.

Or shall I not rather curse the darkness brought by me upon my Brahmanic family?

From The Little Clay Cart Mrcchakatika by Ryder, Arthur William