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  2. Brahmana - Wikipedia

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    A 17th-century manuscript page of Sadvimsha Brahmana, a Pañcaviṃśa-Brāhmaṇa supplement (Sanskrit, Devanagari). It is found embedded in the Samaveda.. The Brahmanas (/ ˈ b r ɑː m ə n ə z /; Sanskrit: ब्राह्मणम्, IAST: Brāhmaṇam) are Vedic śruti works attached to the Samhitas (hymns and mantras) of the Rig, Sama, Yajur, and Atharva Vedas.

  3. Brahman - Wikipedia

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    The nirguna Brahman is the Brahman as it really is, however, the saguna Brahman is posited as a means to realizing nirguna Brahman, but the Hinduism schools declare saguna Brahman to be a part of the ultimate nirguna Brahman [80] The concept of the saguna Brahman, such as in the form of avatars, is considered in these schools of Hinduism to be ...

  4. Historical Vedic religion - Wikipedia

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    The historical Vedic religion, also called Vedicism or Vedism, and sometimes ancient Hinduism or Vedic Hinduism, [a] constituted the religious ideas and practices prevalent amongst some of the Indo-Aryan peoples of the northwest Indian subcontinent (Punjab and the western Ganges plain) during the Vedic period (c. 1500–500 BCE).

  5. Vedas - Wikipedia

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    The Brahmanas, Aranyakas, and Upanishads, among other things, interpret and discuss the Samhitas in philosophical and metaphorical ways to explore abstract concepts such as the Absolute , and the soul or the self , introducing Vedanta philosophy, one of the major trends of later Hinduism. In other parts, they show evolution of ideas, such as ...

  6. Sankhyayana Brahmana - Wikipedia

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    Sankhyayana Brahmana is the second available and preserved Brahmana text of the Rigaveda. [5] The text is divided into 30 chapters and 226 Khandas.It is said that Kaushitaki was the teacher of Sankhyayana.

  7. Brahmanical System of Education - Wikipedia

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    Brahmanical System of Education was an ancient system of education in ancient India.It was based on Vedic tradition. [1] The main objective of the educational system was to make the students self-reliant.

  8. List of Brahmin dynasties and states - Wikipedia

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    Bhurshut Dynasty was a medieval Hindu dynasty spread across what is now Howrah and Hooghly districts in the Indian state of West Bengal; which was ruled by a royal Brahmin family; Brahman Dynasty of Sindh was founded by Chach of Alor, later ruled by Chandar of Sindh and Raja Dahir; Kabul Shahi Dynasty belonged to Bali clan of Mohyal Brahmin

  9. Shatapatha Brahmana - Wikipedia

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    Brahmanas 436 435 Kandikas 7179 6806 The Madhyandina recension is known as the Vājasaneyi mādhyandina śākhā, and is ascribed to Yājñavalkya Vājasaneya. The Kanva recension is known as the Kāṇva śākhā, and is ascribed to Samkara [16]