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- South India. In places such as western and southern India, the claim of Brahminhood of some communities who claim to be Saraswat Brahmins is disputed. The...
- Upon moving out of Goa during Portuguese occupation, their claims of Brahminhood were rejected both to the north of Goa, by the Deshastha, Chitpavan and...
- remorse, announcing that he had indeed led a vile life and unworthy of his Brahminhood, and would henceforth lose his sense of self in his service to Vishnu...
- the right to perform the puja rituals. The claims of the community to Brahminhood were accepted both by a sankaracharya (a respected authority and arbitrator...
- formerly reserved for Brahmins. Brahmins such as Subramania Bharati p****ed Brahminhood onto a Dalit[citation needed], while in Shivaji's Maratha Empire Dalit...
- Pillai states, basing on the studies by G. S. Ghurye, that claim of Brahminhood by communities such as some Saraswat subcastes of the Western Indian...
- of 'Untouchable' Saints: Discerning Bhakti's Ambivalence on Caste and Brahminhood". International Journal of Hindu Studies. 13 (2): 115–141. doi:10...
- one becomes an outcast, by deed one becomes an brahman." The idea that Brahminhood is determined by actions rather than birth appears frequently in Buddhist...
- s****. These sixty fishermen families were purified and Sanksritized to Brahminhood. Since the funeral pyre is called Chita and pure as pavana, the community...
- named Sindhudwipa is mentioned at (9:39–40) and (13:4) as attaining Brahminhood. In the Harivamsa Purana, the Sindhu kingdom is mentioned at (2.56.26)...