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Brahmanical
Brahmanical
English
Alternative forms
- Brahmanic
- Brahminic
- Brahminical
Adjective
Brahmanical (comparative more Brahmanical, superlative most Brahmanical)
- Of or pertaining to the Brahman
- Of or pertaining to the Brahmins or their doctrines or worship.
- 2000, Sue Hamilton, Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction, OUP 2001, p. 18:
- First, the milieu of north India at this period was dominated by the Brahmanical tradition, and it remained the only tradition to secure a lasting hegemonic grip on the country's socio-religious structure.
- 2000, Sue Hamilton, Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction, OUP 2001, p. 18: