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Brahminism

noun
1.
The religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism.  Synonym: Brahmanism.
2.
The religious beliefs of ancient India as prescribed in the sacred Vedas and Brahmanas and Upanishads.  Synonym: Brahmanism.






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"Brahminism" Quotes from Famous Books



... intellectual character of the systems encountered respectively by the ancient and by the modern Church, there are remarkable parallels. The supercilious pride of Brahminism, or the lofty scorn of Mohammedanism, is quite equal to that self-sufficient Greek philosophy in whose eyes the Gospel was the merest foolishness. And the immovable self-righteousness of the Stoics has its counterpart in the Confucianism ...
— Oriental Religions and Christianity • Frank F. Ellinwood



Words linked to "Brahminism" :   Hindooism, religious belief, faith, Hinduism, religion



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