Brahminism

How To Use Brahminism In A Sentence

• Thus Indian society was governed, not by civil, but by ceremonially religious law; while, conversely, the nascent Indian religion ( "Brahminism") became not ethical but social in character. The New World of Islam
• Not to speak of its grosser phases, Hinduism, even in its highest form known as Brahminism, could not take root and flourish in countries where the caste system and the intricate network of social and domestic customs it implies do not prevail. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability
• In that sense, Ambedkar is a critique of dominant hegemonic Brahminism and majoritarian Hindu religion. Archive 2009-02-01
• In short, it took over, as far as possible, the customs, rites, and beliefs of brahminism, and the adoption of the brahminic way of life by a low caste seems to have been frequent though theoretically forbidden. ' Kafila
• As the nationalist movement is valorized by the brahminism, so it is the case with Brahmin intellectuals and writers. Archive 2007-11-01
• Both Sivaism and Vishnuism departed more and more strongly from tradition Brahminism, and assumed a decidedly sectarian character towards the older religion and also towards each other. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne
• a Power it could not see or comprehend was gradually debased into what is now known as Brahminism, and the most repugnant, revolting, cruel, obscene and vicious rites ever practiced by savages or barbarians. Modern India
• The rise of Buddhism in ancient Indian society was considered by him as a revolution against Aryan Brahminism. Archive 2009-02-01
• The Asian elephant featured strongly in Buddhism and Brahminism and the elephants were tamed and domesticated to be able to be used efficiently.
• Apart from their age all were close to forty except Clara, who was thirty-one and apart from the Boston Brahminism that linked Henry and Clover Adams, the quintet had little in common. The Five of Hearts