The appeal of wandering mendicant religious teachers like the Buddha lay partly in the contrast between their message and that of the Brahmans. |
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At the top were the Brahmans, priests of the sacrificial religion and intellectuals. |
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In case your Hinduism is a little rusty, the Brahmans are the priest caste in traditional Hindu society. |
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The drovers are off to bring in the Brahmans, Droughtmasters, Angus and Shorthorns. |
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With the exception of the Brahmans and the untouchables the middle level was extremely heterogeneous and often unidentifiable within the four-fold varna. |
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The usual mustering scene shows tawny grass and anthills and a mob of red Brahmans moving slowly along, but over the page are stockmen with baseball caps and heavy shades. |
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It has remained a cardinal principle that only Brahmans have the authority to perform the most important rituals that preserve and renew the sociocosmic order. |
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