- a variation of Brahmanism.
Brahminism
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The germs of the Brahminism of the Puranas are the two great epics, the Ramayana, or the conquest of Hindostan by Rama, and the Mahabharata, or great war between the Sun and Moon dynasties.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
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
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 David P. Barrows
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 R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
Brahminism and Buddhism, Judaism and Christianity, Mahommedanism and Parseeism, the cult of the Taoists and Confucians, every belief that has been a great belief, that has led man captive, has come from the East.
From The Hearts of Men by H. (Harold) Fielding
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