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.
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The people were impressed by this offer, accepted the situation, and were absorbed, with their religion, into the Brahmanical faith.
From India, Its Life and Thought by Jones, John P. (John Peter)
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
The pantheistic doctrine which thus forms the foundation of the Brahmanical system of belief found its most complete exposition in one of the six orthodox darśanas, or philosophical systems, the Vedānta philosophy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
The origin of this form of Hinduism is lost in antiquity, but it is probable that it represents a pre-Aryan religion, more or less modified in various parts of south India by Brahmanical influence.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
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