Over three decades, in India and the West ... As Wendy Doniger points out, ancient Brahmins most likely spoke native Indian dialects or Prakrit in everyday life but reserved Sanskrit for ...
Brahmin theologians began to compose texts ... Most history books on ancient India and introductions to Hinduism portray the concept of twice-born as an integral part of the varna system.
Kanchi Kamakoti pontiff, Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Swami, urged Brahmins to unite for socio-economic and spiritual development. He emphasized the importance of Brahmins in sustaining Vedic ...
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World is ... They were first brought by missionary Brahmins and later by merchants and traders. But the amazing thing is India’s iniquitous ...
Brahmin – Highest of the Indian caste order ... Mahabharata – With the Ramayana, one of the two great Sanskrit epics of ancient India. Maya – a Hindu concept meaning the reality that is ...