Brahmanical
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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 J. S. Zemin
The schools and temples drew crowds of pious Hindus from every province where the Brahmanical faith was known.
From Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by James Kennedy
Thus, so far from sectarianism being a mere modern development of Brahmanism, it actually goes back to beyond the formulation of the Brahmanical creed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
Brahmanical authors often couple the Cârvâkas and Buddhists.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 by Sir Charles Eliot
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
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