- a variation of Brahmanism.
Brahminism
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Their language is Marathi and their creed an imperfect Brahminism.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
Mother-right is still in force in many parts of India, though owing to the influence of Brahminism on the aboriginal tribes the examples of the maternal family are fewer than might be expected.
From The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley
Thus taught Brahminism, Budhism, Persianism, and other religious systems, before the dawn of Christianity.
From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves
This comes not from Buddhism, because Buddhist theory denies the existence of soul at all, nor from Brahminism.
From The Hearts of Men by H. (Harold) Fielding
The feeling of the sublime is evoked by vastness; the religions of vastness are Brahminism and Buddhism.
From Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses by Felix Adler
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