Brahmins

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Brahmins are a traditional Hindu priestly and scholarly caste in the Indian subcontinent, historically associated with religious rituals, learning, and social leadership.

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Generate an image of Brahmins (Brahmins are a traditional Hindu priestly and scholarly caste in the Indian subcontinent, historically associated with religious rituals, learning, and social leadership.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu community ⓘ
caste ⓘ
social group ⓘ
varna ⓘ
associatedWith Hindu rituals ⓘ
Hindu temples ⓘ
Sanskrit learning ⓘ
Upanayana ceremony ⓘ
Vedas ⓘ
sacrifice rituals ⓘ
country Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
diasporaPresence Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
etymology derived from Sanskrit word ‘Brahmana’ ⓘ
historicalRegion Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia
historicalTextMention Dharmashastras ⓘ
Manusmriti ⓘ
Rigveda ⓘ
internalDiversity multiple linguistic groups ⓘ
multiple regional subcastes ⓘ
multiple ritual traditions ⓘ
languageTradition Sanskrit ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
religiousDuty guiding rites of passage ⓘ
performing rituals ⓘ
study of scriptures ⓘ
teaching of scriptures ⓘ
socialFunction custodians of sacred knowledge ⓘ
intellectual leadership ⓘ
religious leadership ⓘ
socialStatus upper caste ⓘ
subdivisionOf Hindu varna system ⓘ
traditionalOccupation Vedic reciters ⓘ
priests ⓘ
ritual specialists ⓘ
scholars ⓘ
teachers ⓘ
temple priests ⓘ
traditionalRole priestly caste ⓘ
religious specialists ⓘ
scholarly caste ⓘ
varnaRank first varna ⓘ
varnaSystem Brahmin–Kshatriya–Vaishya–Shudra ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins

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Bengal Army → recruitmentBase → Brahmins ⓘ
Sudama → hasAlternativeName → Kuchela Brahmin ⓘ
subject linked to: Sudama (in Hindu tradition)
linked to: Brahmins
Kashmiri Pandit → subcasteOf → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Grantha script → usedByCommunity → Tamil Brahmins ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Sena dynasty → patronized → Smarta Brahmins ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Nana Fadnavis → familyBackground → Chitpavan Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Province 5 → hasEthnicDiversity → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Brahmins → varnaSystem → Brahmin–Kshatriya–Vaishya–Shudra ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Panchayatana puja → practicedByCommunity → Smarta Brahmins ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Drona → ethnicity → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Paippalada → studiedBy → Vedic pandits ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Dogra Brahmin → socialClass → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Punjabi Brahmin → casteCategory → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Punjabi Brahmin → subgroupOf → North Indian Brahmins ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Pallava Grantha → usedBy → South Indian Brahmins ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Sudurpashchim Province → hasEthnicGroup → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Kuchipudi → associatedWithCommunity → Brahmin Bhagavata community ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Sitaram Tiwari → ethnicGroup → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Lakshmana Sena → supported → Vaishnava Brahmins ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Jaipur State → ethnicGroup → Brahmins ⓘ
La Bayadère → principalCharacter → High Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Syama Sastri → ethnicity → Tamil Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Khas → associatedCasteGroup → Khas Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Bhatt → isUsedByCommunity → Brahmins ⓘ
Samskara → mainTheme → Brahmin orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Bhat family → caste → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Gaga Bhatt → ethnicGroup → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Chitpavan Brahmins → casteCategory → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Chitpavan Brahmins → subcasteOf → Maharashtrian Brahmins ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Brahmin communities of Gujarat → subgroup → Audichya Brahmins ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Brahmin communities of Gujarat → subgroup → Saraswat Brahmins ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Mularaja → patronOf → Brahmins ⓘ
Hindu varna system → includesVarna → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Hindu varna system → hasTopVarna → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Hindu varna system → assignsRoleTo → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Baglung District → majorEthnicGroups → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Parbat District → hasMajorEthnicGroups → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Rupandehi District → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Lumbini Province → hasEthnicGroup → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Myagdi District → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Tanahun District → hasEthnicGroup → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Gorkha District → ethnicGroups → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Jhapa District → ethnicGroup → Brahmin ⓘ
subject linked to: Jhapa District, Nepal
linked to: Brahmins
Morang District → hasEthnicGroup → Brahmin ⓘ
subject linked to: Morang District, Nepal
linked to: Brahmins
Bandyopadhyay → associatedWithCommunity → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Vaishvanara → worshippedBy → Vedic priests ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Ashwatthama → ethnicGroup → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Pandit → usedByCommunity → Hindu Brahmins ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Pandit → associatedWithCaste → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins
Kauśika gotra → associatedWithVarna → Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Brahmins