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Many of the prominent thinkers and earliest champions of the Bhakti movement were Brahmins, a movement that encouraged a direct relationship of an individual with a personal god. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] Among the many Brahmins who nurtured the Bhakti movement were Ramanuja , Nimbarka , Vallabha and Madhvacharya of Vaishnavism, [ 61 ] Ramananda , another ...
Assamese Brahmins are the Brahmin community present in the Assamese society. There they promoted learning, Vedic religion , astrology , ayurveda and as well as imparting general vedic knowledge to the public. [ 4 ]
Bahun (Nepali: बाहुन), also known as Hill Brahmins, [3] are a Brahmin varna among the Khas of Nepal. They are a sub-caste of the Kanyakubja Brahmin [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] while their origins are from Kannauj [ 7 ] and the Himalayan belt of South Asia.
Aryacakravarti Dynasty which was ruled by Tamil Brahmins; Baghochia Dynasty was founded by Raja Bir Sen and were the ruling dynasty of Hathwa Raj and Bans Gaon Estate. The Cadet branch of the family also ruled Tamkuhi Raj, Salemgarh Estate, Ledo Gadi, Kiajori estate and Kharna Ghatwali.
In this view, derived from a Christian understanding of religion, the original "God-given religion" was corrupted by priests, in this case Brahmins, and their religion, "Brahminism", which was supposedly imposed on the Indian population. [94] Reformist Hindus, and others such as Ambedkar, structured their criticism along similar lines. [94]
Saraswats Brahmins are classified under the Pancha Gauda Brahmin classification of the Brahmin community in India. [3]In Western and South India, along with the Chitpavan, Karhades (including Padhyes, Bhatt Prabhus), and Konkani-speaking Saraswat Brahmins are referred to as Konkani Brahmins, which denotes those Brahmin sub-castes of the Konkan coast which have a regional significance in ...
She is a fervent Catholic who takes pride in her Brahmin heritage, scornfully reprimanding the protagonist Sangeeta Chainani for mistaking her to be an Anglo-Indian. [42] When Chainani innocently inquires as to how she can call herself a Brahmin while adhering to Roman Catholicism, her inquiry is contemptuously dismissed by the character. [43]
A Vaidika Smarta Brahmin from Mysore, 1868. The adjective Smārta is also used to classify a Brahmin who adheres to the Smriti corpus of texts. [17] [16] Smarta Brahmins specialize in the Smriti corpus of texts, [96] are differentiated from Srauta Brahmins who specialize in the Sruti corpus of texts such as the Brahmanas layer embedded inside ...