Brahmans

The remedy chosen by the Brahmans was a bold and desperate one.

Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Frank F. Ellinwood

But according to another account the ancestors of the Brahmans were the seven Rishis or saints who form the constellation of the Great Bear.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

The affront to the Brahmans is the immediate occasion for the slaughter but hardly its actual cause; and, if it is argued that the Yadavas must first be destroyed in order to render

The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry W. G. Archer 1943

There is a saying everywhere current in India: “The whole universe is subject to the gods; the gods are subject to the spells (mantras); the spells to the Brahmans; therefore the Brahmans are our gods.

Chapter 4. Magic and Religion 1922

There is a saying everywhere current in India: "The whole universe is subject to the gods; the gods are subject to the spells (mantras); the spells to the Brahmans; therefore the Brahmans are our gods."

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 1922

And among them are a class called the Brahmans, a people who never drink wine; but they are persons of pleasure and joy and sport and merriment, and possessed of camels and horses and cattle.

Nights 537-566. The First Voyage of Es-Sindibad of the Sea. 1909

There is a saying everywhere current in India: "The whole universe is subject to the gods; the gods are subject to the spells (_mantras_); the spells to the Brahmans; therefore the Brahmans are our gods."

The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897

The religion of the Brahmans was the thought and science of a class.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896

Uruvelâ, where he had dwelt before attaining Buddhahood, and converted a thousand Jaṭilas, that is to say Brahmans living the life of hermits, which involved the abandonment of household life but not of sacrifices.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896

In one sense the Brahmans were the greatest of such communities, but they were a hereditary corporation and though they were not averse to new ideas, their special stock in trade was an acquaintance with traditional formulæ and rites.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 Charles Eliot 1896