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What does Brahmanism mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Brahmanism? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. The principles and religious practice of the Brahmins, aspects of Hinduism as practiced by the Brahmin caste of India.
  2. Historical Vedic ritualism, contrasted with Shramana traditions.
  3. The conduct or attitudes ascribed to the social or cultural elite within a given society.
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In absorbing the Dravidian tribes, Brahmanism appropriated the totemistic cult and incorporated it into the caste system.
In Thailand, our Hindu tradition is called Brahmanism, after the Brahmanas, the second book of the Vedas which describe ritual worship.
Buddhism denied Brahm and every tenet of Brahmanism, save only that which concerned the immedicable misery of life.
The theology that emerges from the Brahmanas is called Brahmanism.
The section on Brahmanism I found particularly interesting, being a religion which is a fore-runner of both Hinduism and Buddhism.
The culture of the Guptas and their innate Brahmanism gave a fillip to the arts, and in the field of architecture fundamental progress was made.

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