Brahmins

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Hindu community caste social group varna

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

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Brahmin 2
Brahmin–Kshatriya–Vaishya–Shudra 1
Chitpavan Brahmin 1
Kuchela Brahmin 1
Smarta Brahmins 1
Tamil Brahmins 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu community ⓘ
caste ⓘ
social group ⓘ
varna ⓘ
associatedWith Hindu rituals ⓘ
Hindu temples ⓘ
Sanskrit learning ⓘ
Upanayana ceremony ⓘ
Vedas ⓘ
sacrifice rituals ⓘ
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
diasporaPresence Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
etymology derived from Sanskrit word ‘Brahmana’ ⓘ
historicalRegion South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
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 Brahmins self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Brahmin–Kshatriya–Vaishya–Shudra

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Chitpavan Brahmin
subject surface form: Sudama
this entity surface form: Kuchela Brahmin
Province 5 → hasEthnicDiversity → Brahmins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmin
Sena dynasty → patronized → Brahmins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smarta Brahmins
Bengal Army → recruitmentBase → Brahmins ⓘ
Kashmiri Pandit → subcasteOf → Brahmins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmin
this entity surface form: Tamil Brahmins
Brahmins → varnaSystem → Brahmins self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brahmin–Kshatriya–Vaishya–Shudra