Brachmans

Indian philosophers, called Brachmans, tell you that if you were to stretch a straight cord from Tzinista through Persia to the Roman territory, you would just divide the world in halves.

The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest John Fiske 1871

Or, if you like it better, Brachmans comes from barak by a k, meaning to bless or to pray.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

This barac, says he, signified to fly; and the Brachmans fled from the towns — supposing that there were any towns.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

Indian Brachmans seemed too great friends unto fire, who burnt themselves alive and thought it the noblest way to end their days in fire; according to the expression of the Indian, burning himself at Athens, in his last words upon the pyre unto the amazed spectators, “thus I make myself immortal.”

Hydriotaphia, or Urn-burial 2007

Thomassin, one of the most learned men of modern Europe, derives the Brachmans from the Jewish word barac, by a

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

Brachmans to see Hiarchus; as likewise unto Babylon, Chaldea,

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

Brachmans to see Hiarchus; as likewise unto Babylon, Chaldea,

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

The Paphians worshipped their Venus under the form of a white pyramid, and the Brachmans the great God under the figure of a little column of stone.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 394, October 17, 1829 Various

The accession of a colleague so much like himself, inflamed the cruel and malignant disposition of Maximin, which was further encouraged by the commission which conferred this dignity on them; so that, flinging himself about in his exultation, he seemed rather to dance than to walk, while he studied to imitate the Brachmans who, according to some accounts, move in the air amid the altars.

The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Ammianus Marcellinus 1851

His object in this expedition was to consult the Magi and Brachmans on philosophical matters; still following the example of Pythagoras, who is said to have travelled as far as India with the same purpose.

Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity John Henry Newman 1845