Brahmanical

B3R1A1H4M3A1N1I1C3A1L1

adjective

Of or pertaining to the Brahman

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adjectiveBrahmanical (comparative more Brahmanical, superlative most Brahmanical)

comparative more Brahmanical · superlative most Brahmanical · alternative Brahmaic · alternative Brahmanic · alternative Brahminic · alternative Brahminical · alternative brahmanical

  1. Of or pertaining to the Brahman
  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.

    2000, Sue Hamilton, Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction, OUP, published 2001, page 18

Origin

  1. EnglishBrahman
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. EnglishBrahmanical

From Brahman + -ical.

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Chicago

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