| For the temple, so the Brahmins will tell you, is a tirtha, a crossing place, linking the profane to the sacred. |
| For the Brahmins are hereditary keepers and masters of the language, hymns and mantras of the universe. |
| After his death, a Shudra king Hubbasiga started hectoring the Brahmins and some of them left Tulu nadu again. |
| On the same mountain lived a Raksasa named Parasu, frightening the heavenly Brahmins. |
| Brahmins and ascetics play their part, but their roles are secondary to those of Ayodhya's ruling family, and the monkey and demon warriors. |
| The Brahmins were known for their tendency to absorb, assimilate and upgrade deities, not for exhibiting animus towards them. |
