An excursus, in which Saadia attacks the view of the Hindu sect of the " Barahima " ( Brahmans ) to the effect that man needs no prophets, introduces his account of prophecy and his apology for the Prophets.

Also, the Atharva-veda, which was written later than the other Vedas, was not always considered authoritative, but only became so after being accepted by the Brahmans, the highest order of Hindu priests ( Veda ).

: There is a language which is the root ( of all languages ); men and Brahmans spoke it at the commencement of the kalpa, who never before uttered a human accent, and even the supreme Buddhas spoke it: it is Magadhi.

The grant mentions certain specified shares for the Brahmans, and free from all taxes ; to which was now added a new grant of a piece of land in a neighbouring village for a threshing-floor, and of another piece for house-sites, together also with four cultivating labourers, and two other agricultural serfs attached to the soil.

The majority of Aryans were Brahmans, which is why the region between the rivers Ganges and Yamuna came to be known as the Brahmarshi Land of the Sapta Brahma Sarovar ( the Seven Sacred Tanks ), where the Brahmarshis dwelt.

The priest explained that the janeu was the basis of the Hindu religion, without which a man would only be a Sudra ( there are four great varans or castes of Hinduism: Brahmans, the priestly class ; Kshatriyas, the military class ; Vaisyas, the trading class ; and Sudras, the working and lowest of all classes.

The tribals live in a small one-room houses, known as " tapra ", which lie scattered all over the area. The other major castes are Patels, Rajputs, Brahmans, Mahajans, and Muslims.

one more important thing is Saurath Sabha in which Almost every year, during suddha or auspicious days for the settling of marriages, thousands of Maithil Brahmans gather at Sabha Gaachchi in Saurath.

Therefore Andhra Brahmans and non-Brahmans together formed a sub-national movement to demand a separate State in which Andhra interests could be expressed. The organization of people on caste lines was also a new phenomenon and print was one of the factors which made it is possible.

Among the Hindus of Jammu province, who numbered 626, 177 ( or 90. 87 % of the Hindu population of the princely state ), the most important castes recorded in the census were " Brahmans ( 186, 000 ), the Rajputs ( 167, 000 ), the Khattris ( 48, 000 ) and the Thakkars ( 93, 000 ).

About the Brahmans, Zhou had little to say, except that they were often employed as high officials.

Merchant guilds enjoyed a wide sphere of operation and were able to offset the power of landlords and Brahmans in court politics.

Strabo says that gymnosophists were religious people among the Indians ( XVI, I ), and otherwise divides Indian philosophers into Brahmans and Sramanas ( XV, I, 59-60 ), following the accounts of Megasthenes.

Lands were owned by the royal family, nobles, temples or groups of Brahmans.

Among the Hindus of Jammu province, who numbered 626, 177 ( or 90. 87 % of the Hindu population of the princely state ), the most important castes recorded in the census were " Brahmans ( 186, 000 ), the Rajputs ( 167, 000 ), the Khattris ( 48, 000 ) and the Thakkars ( 93, 000 ).

Sir William Tarn wrote that the Brahmans who were the party opposed to the Buddhists always fought with Alexander.

Working for these families and their factions were hill Brahmans, who acted as religious preceptors or astrologers, and Newars, who occupied secondary administrative positions.

A British revenue agent wrote in 1790, " It unfortunately happened that during the famine aforesaid a great proportion of the Kurmis, Kacchis and Koeris were in this district as well as in others supplanted by Brahmans ... " and bemoaned the loss of agricultural revenue in part due to, " this unfavourable mutation amongst the cultivators ..."

Nalanda was still bustling, buoyed by cosmopolitan incursions of Brahmans and lay students, but the weeds were growing around the deserted stupas not just in the south but in northern India as well.

Members of agricultural communities like the Vadvals, Malis, Bhois and Agris, Brahmans and traders from nearby regions were also thought to have settled in Bombay during this time.

The king, his brother, Habban and others were baptized, and the faith spread apace arousing the Brahmans ’ jealousy ......"

The highest civilization and culture, apart from the ancient Hindus and Egyptians, are found exclusively among the white races ; and even with many dark peoples, the ruling caste or race is fairer in colour than the rest and has, therefore, evidently immigrated, for example, the Brahmans, the Incas, and the rulers of the South Sea Islands.

Brahman crossed cattle, referred to as F-1 Brahmans, are very popular in the southern 1 / 3 of the United States and in South America, Asia, and Australia because of the sub-tropical climate.

The Awasthi Brahmins belong to the kanya-kubja Brahman categories of Brahmans of northern India as well as in western areas of Nepal

Brahmans have also been extensively crossbred with European cattle in subtropical United States, in Central America and in some tropical areas of the world to gain their advantages in hot climates.

The other three varnas are Brahmans, priests ; Kshatriya, those with governing functions ; and Vaishya, agriculturalists, cattle rearers and traders.

* Brahmans will not be learned or honored, Kshatriya's will not be brave, Vaishyas will not be just in their dealings, Shudras will be given jobs they are not qualified for.

So instead of 20, 000, they sent in 40, 000 and using an anti-koch tactic that had worked against Chilarai, they dressed their vanguard archers and musketeers as Brahmans to make the Rajput warriors desist from killing them.

The term Charbray refers to the offspring of Charolais crossed with Brahmans and is recognised as a breed in its own right.

His " Kitäb al-tawhld " in this way has become a primary source for modern researchers with its rich materials about Iranian Manicheanism ( Mâniyya ), a group of Brahmans ( Barähima ), and some controversial personalities such as Ibn al-Rawandi, Muhammad al Warraq, and Muhammad b. Shabib.

Its streets are filled with elephants, horses, carriages, and foot-passengers, frequented by groups of handsome men and beautiful women, and crowded by men of all sorts and conditions, Brahmans, nobles, artificers, and servants.

* Three Hindu castes, the Brahmans or priests, the Kshatriya — those with governing functions — and the Vaishya — the agriculturalists, cattle rearers and traders — are associated with three philosophical qualities ( gunas ), Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas respectively.

They contain accounts of his discussions with " Hindoo " Brahmans about whether the Egyptians or Indians first came up with the concept of reincarnation, a dialogue with a woman who invited him to her upcoming sati, a description of the barefoot Queen of Olaza, who was out on the embankments giving directions to her engineers — and many other bits of first-rate ethnography.

Some of the clan organizations resemble those of the Rajputs, but others seem to have connections with Hindu castes such as Brahmans, Meena, Jats, and Bhatiaras.

The diffusion of philosophies continued with the coming of Hindu Brahmans and Buddhists of Indian origin in 322 BC-700 AD.

Caste-based differences in the degree of punishments remained throughout, with higher castes ( for example, Brahmans ) exempt from the corporal punishments and heavy fines that lower-caste members incurred for the same crimes.

Allegorical figures from his works — “ Geharnischte Sonette ” (“ Withering Sonnets ”) and “ Weisheit des Brahmanen ” (“ Wisdom of the Brahmans ”) — are situated at the feet of the bronze Rückert.

Brahmans have a greater ability to withstand heat than European cattle.

Brahman ’ s Era is widely recognized by one of its strongest Kings Raja Dahir, But Brahmans came into power after the Death of King Rai Sahiras II of Rai Dynasty.

It was the first popular breed after the English breeds and Brahmans.

Indian Orthodoxy traces its roots to the arrival in India of St. Thomas the Apostle in AD 52 ( according to tradition ) and his evangelism among both the Brahmans of the Malabar Coast and the ancient Jewish community there.

The other two groups identified by Zhou appear to have been those of the Brahmans and of the Shaivites.

However, there is mention in Atharvaveda of demonic Brahmans called Dasagva ( ten-headed ) and Navagva ( nine-headed ) and the metaphor of a supernatural number of bodyparts to symbolize powers is an ancient one in Indian mythic depictions.

The Sage therefore excluded him from the worship of the Brahmans.

When the war broke out in 1779, Joze Azelars noted that the Brahmans and their allies made every possible effort to halt progress of the newly rebuilt navy based at Bhatkal.

Megasthenes also comments on the presence of pre-Socratic views among the Brahmans and Jews.

Of the two, Maitreyi was a Brahmavadini ( one who is interested in the knowledge of Brahman ). The descendant sects of Brahmans are the progeny of the first wife Katyaayanee.

Because of the use of expedient means ( upāya ) by metaphors ( e. g., the hidden jewel ) in the way that the tathāgatagarbha was taught in some sutras, two fundamentally mistaken notions arose: first that the tathāgatagarbha was a teaching different from and somehow more definitive than the teaching of emptiness ( śūnyatā ), and second that tathāgatagarbha was believed to be a substance of reality, a creator, or a substitute for the ego-substance or fundamental self ( ātman ) of the Brahmans.

is 108 ) attacked orthodox Brahmans opposing social and religious reforms and Jotirao Govindrao Phule ( 1827 – 1890 ) who revolted against the unjust caste system, and upheld the cause of untouchables and education of women of lower castes.

When Kashmir had been drained, Kashyapa asked Brahmans to settle there.