Brahmanical

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the Brahman
  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to the Brahmins or their doctrines or worship.

    "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."

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"The Chronicle of Nepal, written in the Gurkha language, is also largely occupied with an account of sacred sites and buildings and exists in two versions, one Buddhist, the other Brahmanical."

Etymology

From Brahman + -ical.

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