Brahmins

E70406
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.

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All labels observed (19)

Label Occurrences
Brahmin 22
Brahmins canonical 4
Smarta Brahmins 2

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 ⓘ
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 (44)

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

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