Indo-Aryan Peoples - Romani People, Sinhalese People, Kashmiri Pandit, Brahmin, Gurjar, Chauhan, Khokhar, Kumauni People, Dhivehi People (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 133. Chapters: Romani people, Sinhalese people, Kashmiri Pandit, Brahmin, Gurjar, Chauhan, Khokhar, Kumauni people, Dhivehi people, Marathi people, Rajput, Mahajanapadas, Bihari people, Kuru Kingdom, Rajasthani people, Bais Rajput, Khattar, Mers, Bengali people, Khatri, Nagavanshi, Dogra, Hindkowans, Lohana, Sindhi people, Gujarati people, Vedic period, Bhat, Muhajir people, Genetic studies on Sinhalese, Karkarthar, Maratha, Sikh Rajputs, Bajar, Bhati, History of Brahmin diet, Rohingya people, Panchala, SARNA, Nischal, Rajput Mali, Babbar, Shakya, Anga, Saraiki people, Assamese people, Sage Kambhoja, Saurashtra people, Seraiki people, Gangwar, Oriya people, Chandora, Ghanchi, Naga Rajput, Baisoya, Derawal. Excerpt: A Brahmin (also Brahman; ) (Sanskrit: ) is a member of the scholarly class in the Indian subcontinent and belongs to the upper caste society. According to the Manusm ti, there are four "varnas," or classes: the Brahmins (scholars, teachers, fire priests), the Kshatriyas (warriors, law enforcers, administrators), the Vaishyas (agriculturists, cattle raisers, merchants, bankers), and Shudras (artisans, craftsmen and service providers). Brahmins were respected by the society for their self-abnegation and for being the custodians of Dharma (as "one who prays; a devout or religious man; a Br hman who is well versed in Vedic texts; one versed in sacred knowledge"). They were the ultimate authority over interpretation of Vedic and Puranic spiritual texts like the Vedas, Upanishads and Bhagavad-Gita-. The English word brahmin is an anglicised form of the Sanskrit word a. Brahmins are also called Vipra ("inspired"), or Dvija ("twice-born"). Due to the diversity in regional religious traditions and the Vedic schools (shakhas), which they belong to, Brahmins, in modern usage of the term, are further divided into various sub-caste...