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In short, it took over, as far as possible, the customs, rites, and beliefs of brahminism, and the adoption of the brahminic way of life by a low caste seems to have been frequent though theoretically forbidden. '

—Kafila

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the religious beliefs of ancient India as prescribed in the sacred Vedas and Brahmanas and Upanishads
the religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism

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In short, it took over, as far as possible, the customs, rites, and beliefs of brahminism, and the adoption of the brahminic way of life by a low caste seems to have been frequent though theoretically forbidden. ' — Kafila
'brahminism' is another invention of the christists, just like jesus or thomas '2 skeletons. there is no such thing. there is hinduism, and that's it. making a separate thing called — Shadow Warrior
'brahminism' is absurd. by analogy, why aren't they calling pre-reformation christism — Shadow Warrior