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  • Justin told me how the Brahman's karma is to practice yoga.

    Tara Stiles: Yogi In The War Zone 2009

  • Dandakya, of the Bhoja dynasty, carried off a Brahman's daughter with evil intent, and was eventually ruined and lost his kingdom.

    The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana 2006

  • Some trees, such as the Peepul and Banyan trees, are invested with sacred threads like the Brahman's, and on the occasion of this ceremony a festival is given.

    The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana 2006

  • Shiva, Brahma, and the other gods of the Hindu pantheon are Brahman's agents or servants, created and commissioned by him.

    Monotheism Wainwright, William 2005

  • And while far away there was a government which sent warnings to Dela Kirn, she laughed them off as she did most unpleasant things and said that they would have to come and do something about it, but that they were busy doing other things, and that they needed Brahman's good will.

    Port Eternity Cherryh, C. J. 1982

  • A Brahman, driven away from home by the malice of his wife, is befriended by a demon who had formerly lived in the Brahman's house, but who had also fled in fear from her shrewish tongue.

    Filipino Popular Tales Dean Spruill Fansler

  • Indeed, asked by that Brahman's daughter, he told her, 'I was dead.

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • The Brahman's sons and daughters used to go school, and before he took his goats out to graze Lela used to carry their books to the school.

    Folklore of the Santal Parganas Cecil Henry Bompas

  • Indeed, asked by that Brahman's daughter, he told her, 'I was dead.

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • The demon now goes to another city where he possesses the queen, an aunt of the Brahman's new father-in-law.

    Filipino Popular Tales Dean Spruill Fansler

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