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This role of Hindu Brahmins in a Buddhist kingdom, states Leider, may have been because Hindu texts provide guidelines for such social rituals and political ceremonies, while Buddhist texts do not. [77] The Brahmins were also consulted in the transmission, development and maintenance of law and justice system outside India. [77]
Smarta Brahmins in Western India (c. 1855–1862). The Smarta tradition (Sanskrit: स्मार्त, IAST: Smārta), also called Smartism, is a movement in Hinduism that developed and expanded with the Puranas genre of literature. [2]
Brahmin is a varna in Hinduism specialising in theory as priests, preservers and transmitters of sacred literature across generations. [ 178 ] [ 179 ] The Brahmanas are one of the four ancient layers of texts within the Vedas .
The Pali texts enumerate the four Varnas Brahmin, "Kshatriya",Vessa (Vaishya) and Sudda (Shudra). [41] Masefield notes that people in any Varna could in principle perform any profession. The early Buddhist texts, for instance, identify some Brahmins to be farmers and in other professions.
[4] [5] In major schools of Hindu philosophy it is the immaterial, efficient, formal and final cause of all that exists. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Brahman is a key concept found in the Vedas and is extensively discussed in the early Upanishads [ 7 ] and in Advaita Vedanta literature.
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 ]
Hindu adherents to these traditions within Hinduism revere Hindu deities and, indeed, all of existence, as aspects of the Brahman. [75] [76] The deities in Hinduism are not considered to be almighty, omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent, and spirituality is considered to be seeking the ultimate truth that is possible by a number of paths.
The Upanayanam thread ceremony marking initiation as a Dvija. "Dvija" means "twice-born": the first birth is physical, while the second birth is a 'spiritual' one. [4] The second 'birth' occurs when one takes up fulfilling a role in society, at the time of Upanayana initiation ceremony.