-
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)...
