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A promising possible link between the Indus script and later writing traditions may be in the megalithic graffiti symbols of the South Indian megalithic culture, which may have some overlap with the Indus symbol inventory and persisted in use up at least through the appearance of the Brahmi and scripts up into the third century CE.
Brahmin (/ ˈ b r ɑː m ɪ n /; Sanskrit: ब्राह्मण, romanized: brāhmaṇa) is a varna within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the Kshatriya , Vaishya and Shudra .
Lexically, chakra is the Indic reflex of an ancestral Indo-European form *kʷékʷlos, whence also "wheel" and "cycle" (Ancient Greek: κύκλος, romanized: kýklos). [4] [5] [6] It has both literal [7] and metaphorical uses, as in the "wheel of time" or "wheel of dharma", such as in Rigveda hymn verse 1.164.11, [8] [9] pervasive in the earliest Vedic texts.
The Om symbol, with epigraphical variations, is also found in many Southeast Asian countries. In Southeast Asia, the Om symbol is widely conflated with that of the unalome; originally a representation of the Buddha's urna curl and later a symbol of the path to nirvana, it is a popular yantra in Southeast Asia, particularly in Cambodia and Thailand.
Brahmin Gotra (Sanskrit ब्राह्मण गोत्र) is an exogamous unit used to denote the paternal lineage of individuals belonging to the Brahmin in the Hindu Varna system. [1] [page needed] In Hindu culture, the Brahmin considered to be one of the four major social classes of the Varna system. [2]
Chinese astrology — also known as Shu Xiang — dates back more than 2,000 years. Similar to traditional Western astrology, the Chinese zodiac has 12 zodiac signs that can determine a person's ...
The Brahmin class is modelled in the epic, as the archetype default state of man dedicated to truth, austerity and pure conduct. [24] Indeed, it goes on to assert that all men are children of Brahmins, which does not make sense, unless understood this way.In the Mahabharata and pre-medieval era Hindu texts, according to Hiltebeitel, "it is ...
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