Thus the three upper castes alone had the right to know the Vedas and to take part in the sacrifices, and Brahminism, far from being a religion open to all, was exclusively a privilege of birth, from which the despised caste of Sudras was excluded. The rite of initiation into Brahmin...
In India the caste status has these groups: a. Vaisyas b. Sudras c. Brahmins d. Kshatriyas Caste System: Caste refers to the system of dividing people into society. People are divided according to their occupation, the standard of living, ritual status, and purity...
Since independence in 1947, a majority of India’s prime ministers have beenBrahmins, the highest Hindu caste. 自1947年独立以来,大多数的印度总理是由婆罗门人担任的,他们是印度教的最高种姓。ProjectSyndicateProjectSyndicate This study documented that out of the total sample of commercial sex workers,...
Christian Lee Novetzke, ‘The Brahmin Double: The Brahminical Construction of Anti-Brahminism and Anti-Caste Sentiment in the Religious Cultures of Precolonial Maharashtra,’ South Asian History and Culture , 2:2 (2011), 232–252.Novetzke, Christian Lee. 2011. “The Brahmin Double: The ...
The meaning of BRAHMAN is a Hindu of the highest caste traditionally assigned to the priesthood. How to use Brahman in a sentence.
At that time Brahminism was the dominant doctrine in India.Brahminism emphasized the caste system and controlled their disciples by means of mantras and secret teachings. 当时的印度,婆罗门教的势力极大,他们重视人出生的阶级,以咒术密法控制信徒。
also Brahman, "member of the highest priestly Hindu caste," late 14c., Bragman, from Sanskrit brahmana-s, from brahman- "prayer," also "the universal soul, the Absolute," which is of uncertain origin. Related to Brahma. The American English figurative meaning "member of Boston's upper cl...
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This paper will discuss high-caste, Brahmin widows from bothends of the financial spectrum, as they are represented in two works set in earlytwentieth century India: Deepa Mehta's film Water and Padma Viswanathan'snovel The Toss of a Lemon. Physically, the widows in both works are branded ...
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