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• a variation of Brahmanism.

Brahminism

American  

[brah-muh-niz-uhm] / ˈbrɑ məˌnɪz əm /

noun

1. Brahmanism.

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• Brahminist
  noun

Example Sentences

The notion that Sanskrit itself is comparatively recent, of course subtracts from that of Brahminism.

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

It is, possibly, the actual and original Buddhism of the continent of India—supposed to have been driven out bodily by Brahminism, but really with the true vitality of persecuted creeds, still surviving in disguise.

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

Long before the Portuguese arrival Islamism had succeeded Brahminism and the Arab had supplanted the Hindu....

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 36, 1649-1666 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Bourne, Edward Gaylord

Their language is Marathi and their creed an imperfect Brahminism.

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

Two great religions, Brahminism and Buddhism, arose, the latter still the dominant religion of Tibet, China, and Japan.

From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.