| 单词 | Brahmin |
| 例句 | The Brahmin was silent so long that the stars passed across the small window and changed their design before the silence in the room was finally broken. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Siddhartha knew many worthy Brahmins, above all his father—holy, learned, of highest esteem His father was worthy of admiration; his manner was quiet and noble. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z It is not possible for one person to see how far another is on the way; the Buddha exists in the robber and dice player; the robber exists in the Brahmin. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The priest is a friend ofMoushumi’s parents, an anesthesiologist who happens to be a Brahmin. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z No, and he, Govinda, did not want to become any of these, not a Brahmin like ten thousand others of their kind. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Love stirred in the hearts of the young Brahmins' daughters when Siddhartha walked through the streets of the town, with his lofty brow, his king-like eyes and his slim figure. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to temple at crowded times when the Brahmins were too distracted to come between God and me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It was one word, one syllable, which without thinking he spoke indistinctly, the ancient beginning and ending of all Brahmin prayers, the holy Om, which had the meaning of "the Perfect One” or "Perfection.” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Brahmins urged him to go to the nation’s capital to make his mark in politics. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Siddhartha now also realized why he had struggled in vain with this Self when he was a Brahmin and an ascetic. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z One zoo asked for “an authentic Brahmin cow” for their children’s zoo. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Twenty percent of Kerala’s population were Syrian Christians, who believed that they were descendants of the one hundred Brahmins whom St. Thomas the Apostle converted to Christianity when he traveled East after the Resurrection. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "I have been told,” the merchant began, "that you are a Brahmin, a learned man, but that you seek service with a merchant. Are you then in need, Brahmin, that you seek service?” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z However, she ordered the servant to give the holy Brahmin a white gown. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he did feel it Previously, when in deepest meditation, he was still his father’s son, he was a Brahmin of high standing, a religious man. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The Brahmin saw that Siddhartha’s knees trembled slightly, but there was no trembling in Siddhartha’s face; his eyes looked far away. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z He was no Brahmin, sharing the life of the Brahmins, no ascetic belonging to the Samanas. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z There was happiness in his father’s heart because of his son who was intelligent and thirsty for knowledge; he saw him growing up to be a great learned man, a priest, a prince among Brahmins. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z As an hour passed by and he could not sleep, the Brahmin rose, wandered up and down and then left the house. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking at the child’s face, he remembered a Brahmin prayer which he had once learned when he himself was a small child. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z As another hour passed and the Brahmin could not sleep, he rose again, walked up and down, left the house and saw the moon had risen. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z It resembled the face of his father, the Brahmin. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Siddhartha gave his clothes to a poor Brahmin on the road and only retained his loincloth and earth-colored unstitched cloak He only ate once a day and never cooked food. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Dreams and a restlessness of the soul came to him, arising from the smoke of the sacrifices, emanating from the verses of the Rig-Veda, trickling through from the teachings of the old Brahmins. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z No, this tremendous amount of knowledge, collected and preserved by successive generations of wise Brahmins could not be easily overlooked. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z The Brahmins talked about it in the town, the Samanas in the forest. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z And among the Brahmins’ sons in the towns and villages, every pilgrim and stranger was welcome if he brought news of him, the Illustrious, the Sakyamuni. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z He beckoned the servant who was last in the procession, and asked him to announce to his mistress that a young Brahmin desired to speak to her. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z But where were the Brahmins, the priests, the wise men, who were successful not only in having this most profound knowledge, but in experiencing it? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Did he not go continually to the holy springs with an insatiable thirst, to the sacrifices, to books, to the Brahmins’ discourses? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z He was born into a family of Brahmin priests. Film: India?s Epic Poems, Resonating in Modern Lives 2010-07-04T05:11:00Z As the New England Historical Society wrote, "the cookbook raised money for the Woman Suffrage Association. It included recipes from famous suffragists, Boston Brahmins, a governor's wife and prominent women doctors, ministers and journalists." A brief, subversive history of women baking for liberation 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z In 1915, Petrosian's grandmother, Elizabeth Endicott, a young Boston Brahmin, travels to Aleppo in the Ottoman Empire to aid refugees caught up in the Turkish slaughter of Armenians. 'The Sandcastle Girls': lingering ghosts of the Armenian genocide 2012-07-11T20:08:03Z Gaining in astringency as it goes along, “Brahmin Bulls” avoids the formulaic version of this story, in which the stubborn son learns from the more experienced father. ‘Brahmin Bulls’ Explores a Family Relationship 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z In fact, “On the Use and Abuse of History for Life,” Nietzsche neatly sums up Taseer’s evolving relationship to the Brahmins—and to modernity itself. “The Twice-Born,” A Searching Memoir About India’s Identity Crisis 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Karnad devotes part of his canvas to the depiction of thespian characters, including a high-born Brahmin who hankers to dance and act. A play packed with action, pathos, romance and supernatural goings-on 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z He was sort of a wealthy Boston Brahmin — his father was a co-owner of Filene’s department store — except he was Jewish, and also what we would call a social justice warrior. Lincoln Kirstein: A Modern Tastemaker With Some Iffy Taste 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Taseer is rightly enthralled by the great richness of Sanskrit literature and by its amazing survival over thousands of years in the minds and lives of Indian scholars, primarily in one community: the Brahmins. A Pakistani-Indian Journalist Attempts to Rediscover His Roots 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z It is rich and smoky, with a creamy tang, amazing: Brahmin food that recalls Boston more than Bengal. Restaurant Review: Crosstown Tour of India 2011-03-30T05:16:52Z But Clifford is also repelled by rich Brahmins who shield themselves from knowledge of the Vietnam War. Books of The Times: David Rakoff’s ‘Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish’ 2013-07-24T21:06:59Z After a seemingly jolly dinner at a Brahmin home, he is shocked, shocked, to see his friends insist that a non-Brahmin dinner companion must wash his own plates and utensils. A Pakistani-Indian Journalist Attempts to Rediscover His Roots 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z In Mr. Forsman’s imbalanced production, however, the lucid depiction of this Brahmin couple is not quite the full family portrait the playwright intended. Theater Review: Kathleen Chalfant and John Cunningham in ?Painting Churches? 2012-03-07T03:00:16Z These Brahmins had a monopoly on the business of drafting personality profiles, or janam kundalis, which all well‑to‑do parents had to have before they could arrange marriages for their children. You are more than a sexual fetish — but online dating sites might not think so 2014-03-15T20:30:00Z The old Ritz-Carlton Hotel exuded a certain Brahmin charm in Boston, beholden to starchy traditions reaching back to British colonial rule. The ’60s were “the decade of orgasmic preoccupation”: Even suburban housewives were emboldened by Masters and Johnson’s “Human Sexual Response” 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z By the time she wed fellow Boston Brahmin Henry Adams, Clover seemed a self-possessed 28-year-old. 'Clover Adams': a brilliant mind's path into darkness 2012-03-01T00:11:07Z Only in the conviction of Victor Barbee’s High Brahmin did the story become engrossing: with him, religion, love and jealousy are honestly and powerfully expressed. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater?s ?La Bayad?re,? at Lincoln Center 2010-05-19T22:05:00Z In the fourth episode, Maria impresses a date by adopting a confident Brahmin drawl, pretending that her real voice was an act. Review: ‘Lady Dynamite’ Finds Surreal Humor in Mental Illness 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z The son of a Brahmin landlord, Tagore was born in Calcutta, as Kolkata was called back then, in 1861. Footsteps: Where a Poet’s Vision Lives on in India 2013-02-01T18:07:13Z Her surname means "one who has received religious initiation" and it can be kept only by Brahmins, the highest, priestly caste among Indians. NZealand TV host resigns after mocking Indian name 2010-10-10T12:16:00Z Finally, sotto voce, with an apologetic wince or sheepish smile, anticipating the word’s being volleyed back in an affected Boston Brahmin accent: Harvard. The ‘H-Bomb’ Fizzles: The Harvard Brand Takes a Hit 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Witness Tom Wolfe’s “Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine,” from 1976, which memorably lampooned the Boston Brahmins on Martha’s Vineyard, advertising their lofty standing with loud-colored pants in “go to hell” colors like “solid airmail red.” Men In Red Pants: Stuck in Old Cultural Baggage 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Vivekananda began to turn away from mainstream Hindus and Brahmins and to pursue a purer form of Hinduism, one that was practical and geared toward social uplift. India in Pieces 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Paintings by Copley hang in galleries dense with appropriately high-style furniture, as if in the homes of Boston Brahmins in the 18th or 19th century. American Folk vs. Academic Art 2013-01-31T13:00:00Z Phule imagined “an ancient golden age before the Brahmins, or Aryans, arrived to subordinate the original Indians, or Dravidians.” India in Pieces 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z “The Guest Book” offers an exhaustive study of Brahmin pain, the suffering stoically endured by that class of people who ask each other, “Where do you summer?” Review | Is the end of an American dynasty a real tragedy? 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z First of all, it will appeal to those fascinated by 19th-century “Boston Brahmin” culture and the interconnections among prominent New England families. Review | Beloved, patriotic, sentimental: A look at the life and poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Rao, a devout Brahmin, was accused of secretly abetting the mosque’s destruction. Raise him up 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z All of this is factual, though the central dramatic conflict in the play is fiction: a falling-out between Noonan and Corning, instigated by another Democratic Brahmin, who finds Noonan’s demeanor off-putting and overly aggressive. Personal Loyalty. Political Whispers. And Edie Falco. 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z His reverence for the literary and spiritual traditions that the Brahmins embody is diminished by his growing awareness of the privileges they continue to wield, even in a modern democracy. “The Twice-Born,” A Searching Memoir About India’s Identity Crisis 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Those moves were impressive: Valentine Nagata-Ramos spiraling upside down on the floor, the rapid arms of Sonia Bel Hadj Brahmin slicing the air around her into a thousand pieces. A French Dancer’s Hip-Hop Moves Are Tested in New York 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z From children clamoring to hug Captain Underpants to Capitol Hill Brahmins swooning over David McCullough, this is that rare moment when a literary event trounces the Super Bowl. The book is dead. Long live the book festival. 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Taseer attempts to focus the book on his interactions with Brahmins, Hinduism’s priestly caste. “The Twice-Born,” A Searching Memoir About India’s Identity Crisis 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z The High Brahmin grabs her; she instantly fights him off. Review | The ballerina who fights back: In ‘La Bayadere,’ she won’t be manhandled 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z She followed three married couples in Mumbai for almost a decade: one couple is Marwari Hindu, another Muslim, a third Tamil Brahmin. First Comes Love, Then Comes What Exactly? 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Nor does Parajuly spare the system which puts his own Brahmin caste at the apex. The Gurkha's Daughter by Prajwal Parajuly – review 2013-01-25T22:55:01Z The painter John Singer Sargent has sometimes been dismissed as an artist of flattery and frivolity — a portraitist-for-hire who catered to the vanities of his elite subjects, whether they were British aristocrats or Boston Brahmins. John Singer Sargent, À La Mode 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z “Patrick is a quintessential ‘Boston Brahmin’ — his family can be traced back to England before the Mayflower,” the judge shared in a 2017 speech at the University of Georgia. How Paul Ryan is related to Ketanji Brown Jackson 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z All dark-wood paneling, studded leather chairs and brass accents, it was a playground for hobnobbing Brahmins throughout the decades. A spirited tour of the United States 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z And Isabella Stewart Gardner, born in Manhattan and long frozen out of New England society, astounds Boston Brahmins with her private museum. Who are the real women behind John Singer Sargent’s portraits? 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z He loves the Brahmins for both their knowledge and their disdain for materialism. A Pakistani-Indian Journalist Attempts to Rediscover His Roots 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z To defend himself, the Boston Brahmin grabbed a nearby broom handle and swatted the glove away. Gloves off 2012-08-10T23:30:00Z There he encounters a “left-wing Indian intellectual” who insists, “I am not a Brahmin. … For me that word is the same as Nazi.” A Pakistani-Indian Journalist Attempts to Rediscover His Roots 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z Spirituality — love of the gods, of ancient texts, of uplifting and comforting ceremonies and magnificent architecture — is high-minded, moral, inspiring, and Taseer praises the Brahmins for their spirituality. A Pakistani-Indian Journalist Attempts to Rediscover His Roots 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z With the exception of a bad-seed Brahmin, the Rajputs are covered in glory here: Every action is a right action; their leaders, Padmavati and Ratan Singh, are models of beauty and refinement. Review: ‘Padmaavat’ and All That Useless Beauty 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z The subplot in which two Brahmin politicians have their embryo carried by a Dalit surrogate in order to create a political dynasty that will appeal across the voting spectrum is wincingly possible. Origins of Love by Kishwar Desai – review 2013-01-26T18:30:01Z “Memoirs” is evocative, and sly, in its assessment of Lowell’s Boston Brahmin family. In Robert Lowell’s ‘Memoirs,’ Mental Illness, Creative Friends and a Takedown of Dad 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z But as shadows of Brahmin elitism, sexual innuendo and misogyny descend, the farce darkens. ‘Grey Gardens’: Freak show or poignant portrait? 2013-03-22T23:51:30Z The youngest of five sons, his family were Bengali Brahmins from Jessore, now in Bangladesh, and much influenced by the reformist ideas propagated by writers such as Rabindranath Tagore. Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar dies 2012-12-12T07:46:00Z His father, Ravi, a Kashmiri descendant of Hindu Brahmins, is an orthopaedic surgeon whom Kunzru portrays as a man of science sceptical of organised religion. Hari Kunzru: 'What's happened since 2008 is a class war based on faith and credit' 2011-08-07T19:00:02Z But he salvages some of his original idealism by remarking, “It was an age that spelled the destruction of the very ideal of the Brahmin.” A Pakistani-Indian Journalist Attempts to Rediscover His Roots 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z “I pray ... for seasonal rain and regular weather,” Korng Ken, a Brahmin priest dressed in traditional white robes, said at the ceremony in Takeo province. Cambodia's royal oxen predict plentiful rice harvest amid EU tariffs 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z “Are you sure this is a authentic Brahmin bag?” Exclusive: Read the First Chapter of Janet Evanovich’s New Book 2013-11-19T03:00:45Z “During the colonial period, the Spaniards implemented this system that resembled very much the system of India,” where Brahmins are at the top and Dalits, or untouchables, are at the bottom, Rivera-Salgado said. In Fresno, Sikhs and Oaxacans unite to pass caste discrimination ban 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z This greatly upset his family and community - the Brahmins said they were disgusted by his behaviour, his father was unhappy and his father-in-law accused him of bringing shame to their culture. Bindeshwar Pathak: India's 'Toilet Man' who made urinating safely a reality 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Even though some historians say Brahmins in parts of India traditionally ate meat - and many still do - being a vegetarian has somehow come to be associated with purity. Sudha Murty: Why her comment over spoons divided Indians 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Brahmins sit atop the caste hierarchy and are a large voting bloc for Mr. Modi’s party. Indian Textbooks Purged of Material Modi’s Party Finds Inconvenient 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z His family were Brahmins, members of the highest Hindu caste. He wrote the book on crushing ‘wokeism.’ Now he’s running for president. 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Of the five main caste groups, Brahmins, known as the priestly caste, are at the top of the hierarchy, while Dalits, formerly known as “untouchables,” are at the bottom. Seattle has banned caste discrimination. Here’s how the new law works 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Ms Sawant, a socialist, has previously spoken of being raised in an upper-caste Hindu Brahmin household in India and witnessing such discrimination. Seattle becomes first US city to ban caste discrimination 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z The Seattle City Council member, raised in an upper-caste Hindu Brahmin household in India, was 6 when she questioned her grandfather about it. Seattle considers historic law barring caste discrimination 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Brahmins, or the priestly caste, are at the top of the hierarchy and Dalit, or “untouchables,” at the bottom. How India’s caste system manifests in Seattle-area workplaces and beyond 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Ramaswamy says he also learned about status and inequality between Brahmins like his family and the rest of Indian society. He wrote the book on crushing ‘wokeism.’ Now he’s running for president. 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z When her wealthy Jain parents refused Mr. Desai, a Gujarati Brahmin, they eloped and made their marriage official in a faraway temple. India’s Love Story With a Movie Still on the Big Screen After 27 Years 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Thayer’s other major point of reference was the Boston area, where his Brahmin family tree was marked by places such as Harvard’s Thayer Hall. Nate Thayer, journalist who landed Pol Pot interview, dies at 62 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z That Modi-inspired promise , as invigorating to the traditionally lower castes of Hindu society as they are troubling to the Brahmins who long ran India, have come at a price. Russia’s War Could Make It India’s World 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Those seeking to unseat the president would need to connect with South Carolina’s majority Black primary electorate, which is more conservative than either Iowa’s prairie progressives or New Hampshire’s northeastern Brahmins. How Democrats’ New Primary Calendar Changes the Chessboard 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z His family are Kashmiri Pandits, Hindu Brahmins whose roots in the valley go back centuries and who share the same ancestry as their Muslim neighbors. The Kashmiri Chef Foraging on Precarious Soil 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z “And as it is with Brahmins, their values were also very good.” In India, New Wave of Trauma as 11 Convicted of Rape and Murder Walk Free 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z And by forging partnerships to improve schools in the American South and the West Indies, where plantation owners and Boston Brahmins made their intertwined fortunes on the backs of the enslaved. Harvard Details Its Ties to Slavery and Its Plans for Redress 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z She began dating Patrick Jackson, a pre-med and math student, whom she later described in a speech as a “quintessential Boston Brahmin.” At Harvard, Ketanji Brown Jackson Fought Injustices but Kept a Steely Academic Focus 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z Like many of his time, the Buddha reacted against the privileges of the Brahmin priests, and thus he rejected the caste system. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The BSP seems to be banking on this possibility as it's also trying to woo Brahmins - who sit on top of the caste system - back. UP elections: Dalit icon Mayawati fighting for her legacy 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z “Their family’s activity was very good; they are Brahmin people,” he said, referring to their caste. In India, New Wave of Trauma as 11 Convicted of Rape and Murder Walk Free 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z Critics say he's often targeted for his social work - the actor is already facing two police complaints for his remarks against the Brahmin community, who are at the top of India's tenacious caste hierarchy. Chetan Kumar: Indian actor arrested for tweet on Karnataka hijab row judge 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Her “serious boyfriend,” a pre-med student named Patrick G. Jackson, was a “Boston Brahmin,” she said in the lecture — a sixth-generation Harvard graduate with roots dating back to England before the Mayflower. For Ketanji Brown Jackson, View of Criminal Justice Was Shaped by Family 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z They even questioned the enormous wealth and power held by the Brahmin priests. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The 60-foot obelisk commemorates an 1818 battle in which the British traders representing the crown defeated the Peshwas, the Brahmin rulers of the Maratha empire, ending its 144 years in power. An Indian village braces for a New Year's tribute to the downtrodden 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z The confusion and the vagaries of “Asian American” result, in part, from necessity: What else could you possibly do with a group that includes everyone from well-educated Brahmin doctors from India to impoverished Hmong refugees? The Myth of Asian American Identity 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z "Caste!?? Oh, Please! I have nothing to do with caste," one molecular biologist from a Brahmin family told Thomas, according to a paper he published last year. Dalit scientists face barriers in India’s top science institutes 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z Some have already dubbed it a caste crime - as the accused priest is reported to be an upper-caste Brahmin. Delhi rape and murder: Indians protest over Dalit girl's forced cremation 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z If a person was born as an upper-caste male—a Brahmin, warrior, or merchant—his good fortune was said to come from good karma earned in a former life. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Soundararajan points out that many tech companies have Indians in leadership positions who are primarily Brahmin, or upper caste. Even in the U.S. he couldn't escape the label 'untouchable' 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z But while earlier Irish politicians modeled themselves after the Brahmins, Fitzgerald was a former ward boss familiar with bare-knuckled politics. ‘Turning point’: Women of color increasingly leading Boston 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Again and again, Thomas found, Brahmin researchers denied that caste existed in their lives or on the campus. Dalit scientists face barriers in India’s top science institutes 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z The ceremony began with a blast of sound from a conch shell by a Brahmin priest at 7.39 p.m. Thais flock to shrine of love ahead of Valentine's Day 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z This “Brahmin bailout” might be discordant with progressive theories, but not with progressive practices. Opinion | Student loan forgiveness is a Schumer-Warren gift to the well-off 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Domestic policy bored Nixon, and he understood that lectures on the budget or the environment wouldn’t attract the interest of the businessmen and Brahmins he was courting. Perspective | Nixon rehabilitated his image. Could Trump? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z The political shift mirrors what happened when the city’s surging tide of Irish immigrants wrested political control from the Boston “Brahmin” class in the early part of the last century. ‘Turning point’: Women of color increasingly leading Boston 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z In one instance at IISc, after the singer finished her song, the Brahmin audience continued singing, showing their familiarity with the art form, writes Thomas. Dalit scientists face barriers in India’s top science institutes 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z Marichamy was the first from a caste lower than the Brahmin caste to be ordained as part of a state-sponsored programme. Struggle for India's lower-caste Hindu priests 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z Robert Lowell was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and not a businessman, but the Boston Brahmin neatly summed up the state’s current economic climate in his poem “Since 1939.” Editorial Roundup: New England 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z One engineer and former contractor for Cisco said he was temporarily removed from a WhatsApp group with other Cisco workers after sharing a news story critical of Brahmin supremacy. India’s engineers have thrived in Silicon Valley. So has its caste system. 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Although she did spend six weeks trying to help a producer who wanted to do a movie in India about a Brahmin marrying an “untouchable” before conceding “It could never happen.” Column: Lillian Michelson built Hollywood's most famous research library. Can someone give it a home? 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z But such events alienated researchers who were not Brahmin. Dalit scientists face barriers in India’s top science institutes 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z Like other large Silicon Valley employers, Cisco’s workforce includes thousands of Indian immigrants, most of whom were brought up as Brahmins or other high castes. California accuses Cisco of job discrimination based on Indian employee's caste 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z The Federal Reserve, historically viewed as reserved Brahmins who controlled the money supply, stepped into a new job: "the dealer of last resort," in the words of economist Perry Mehrling. The bailout is working — for the rich 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z Other tests include patting an Indian man on the back to see whether he is wearing a “sacred thread” worn by some Brahmins, the highest-ranked caste. India’s engineers have thrived in Silicon Valley. So has its caste system. 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z When the populist Benjamin Butler ran for governor of Massachusetts in 1871, he infuriated Boston Brahmins with a campaign of “multitudinous hand-shakings,” wading into rallies of 20,000 to embrace his supporters. Opinion | How to Run for President in the Middle of a Pandemic 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Thomas focused on the Carnatic music concerts that Brahmin students organized. Dalit scientists face barriers in India’s top science institutes 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z His devastation of the League of Nations in a Senate speech in 1919 is an example of slashing Boston Brahmin autocracy that one admires from a wary distance. Review | Defining the essence of American conservatism (and excluding Trump) 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Her mother, Shashi, was so determined to protect her three children from the discrimination of the Hindu caste system that relegates Dalits to the periphery of society that she pretended the family were Brahmin. Coming out as Dalit: how one Indian author finally embraced her identity 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Pathak was born in India and raised vegetarian as part of his Hindu Brahmin upbringing. Llamas and ostriches were taken from an exotic meat farm. Was it theft or rescue? 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Political scientist Matthew Goodwin argued that Labour is now split in three: a “liberal degree-holding Brahmin Left,” a “dwindling blue-collar, socially conservative Traditional Left,” and “students” plus “ethnic minorities.” Opinion | What Boris Johnson’s sweep means — and doesn’t 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Traditionally, Carnatic music, a type of classical music, has long been the domain of Brahmins in southern India. Dalit scientists face barriers in India’s top science institutes 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z Gopalan was a Brahmin, part of a privileged elite in Hinduism’s ancient caste hierarchy. The progressive Indian grandfather who inspired Kamala Harris 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z And when he tried to drink from the community water well, he was physically assaulted by upper caste Brahmins who accused him of polluting it. Hard Times Have Pakistani Hindus Looking to India, Where Some Find Only Disappointment 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Craig’s trial has supplanted any image of Washington’s elite as sage Brahmins with a vivid picture of the ruling class at its avaricious worst. Trial of High-Powered Lawyer Gregory Craig Exposes Seamy Side of Washington’s Elite 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Sometimes he seemed to go out of his way to pursue fellow Brahmins. Robert Morgenthau, bane of rogue banks and scofflaws, dies at 99 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Rearguard defenses served up by liberal Brahmins — such as Gopnik in his new book, “A Thousand Small Sanities” — come off as complacent, for good reason. Perspective | We’re in an anti-liberal moment. Liberals need better answers. 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z The official ceremonies, a mix of Brahmin and Buddhist rituals, begin on 4 May in the capital, Bangkok. The sacred water that makes a king 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z During the coronation ceremony, the chief Brahmin, who presents the king with the five royal regalia, will put the slippers on the king’s feet. Factbox: The royal instruments for Thai king's coronation 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z He was due to be officially crowned in elaborate Buddhist and Brahmin ceremonies on Saturday, followed by a procession through Bangkok on Sunday. Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn weds bodyguard in surprise ceremony 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z He is expected to be officially crowned on Saturday in elaborate Buddhist and Brahmin ceremonies, followed by a procession through Bangkok the next day. Thailand’s king appoints his consort as queen days before his formal coronation 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z It was a good, conservative Brahmin family, deeply steeped in learning and education. Indra Nooyi: ‘I’m Not Here to Tell You What to Eat’ 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Originating in ancient Hindu teachings, the system divided the Hindu majority by occupation, with Brahmins — priests and scholars — at the top, followed by warriors, traders and laborers. Opinion | Casting Their Votes by Voting Their Caste 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z Born into a Boston Brahmin family, Cutler was a graduate of Harvard and Harvard Law School. Review | A gay national security aide to Eisenhower during an era of purges 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Brahmins, with their pedigrees, Christianity and fine education, serve themselves. Opinion | The Case Against Meritocracy 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Woke up Tuesday morning to see Brahmin names floating around on my TL. Twitter CEO criticised for upsetting Hindu nationals during India visit 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z The Gujjars are hardly at the top of the overall caste ladder, far below the Brahmins, who are considered the highest. ‘Tell Everyone We Scalped You!’ How Caste Still Rules in India 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Pillars of the community like my grandfather, a Brahmin lawyer and landowner beloved to many as Babuji, lived by the rules of the mofussil. Opinion | Casting Their Votes by Voting Their Caste 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z The political climate was prepared by intellectuals with clear-cut racial theories, such as Brooks Adams, a Boston Brahmin friend of Roosevelt, and Charles B. Davenport, the leading American exponent of eugenics. Opinion | The Religion of Whiteness Becomes a Suicide Cult 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z “They told my wife, ‘We understand that your husband is a Dalit and does not follow any religious practices, but you are a Brahmin,’ ” he said. ‘Activists in Shackles’: Indians Denounce Arrests as Crackdown on Dissent 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z That apology angered others, who argued Twitter should forthrightly oppose Brahminism, the system of beliefs and practices that perpetuates the place of Brahmins at the top of India’s social order. Twitter CEO criticised for upsetting Hindu nationals during India visit 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z An atheist and self-declared rationalist, Mr Karunanidhi rose to political prominence in the 1940s as part of the Dravidian movement - which challenged the caste supremacy of Brahmins - and through his participation in anti-Hindi language agitations. India politician M Karunanidhi dies at 94 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Brahmin homes kept separate plates for wealthy Muslims — poorer Muslims and Dalits stayed outside. Opinion | Casting Their Votes by Voting Their Caste 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z Although he was a Brahmin, Nehru was a passionate cosmopolitan who saw Hindu identity as narrow and tribal. The Billionaire Yogi Behind Modi’s Rise 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z It turns out that the evil Radjah and High Brahmin and the tragic lovers, the temple dancer and the warrior, are not simply universally recognizable fairy-tale types but offensive representations. Calendar Letters: Comedians, just be yourselves 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z The Brahmins invariably went to Harvard, and in the foggy milieu that Mr Collins entertainingly evokes, suspect, victim, lawyers and many of the witnesses all came from that social subset. A murder that scandalised Harvard and the world 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Korng Ken, a Brahmin priest dressed in traditional white robes, prayed for regular rainfall and crop season free of mishaps. Cambodia's royal oxen predict good harvests this year 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Strikingly, too, the genetic markers identifying this group seem to be far more prevalent among modern north Indian Brahmins than among other Indians. A new study squelches a treasured theory about Indians’ origins 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z His rich, Boston Brahmin accent reassures us even as he delivers the uncomfortable message. An information apocalypse is coming. How can we protect ourselves? | David Shariatmadari 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Burrows is trapped not only in a ludicrous wig but also in a cumbersome accent and stultifying Brahmin cadence. As Kennedy bios go, 'Jackie Unveiled' is more sketch than portrait 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z This has long been the Brahmin stance that distinguishes “literature” from mere novels. Why should we subsidise writers who have lost the plot? | Tim Lott 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z The man’s father, a conservative from the lofty Brahmin caste of Hindus, strongly opposes building the toilet. A Bollywood star made a feature film about a toilet. Why that's a serious issue in India 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z The caste system divides Hindus into four main categories - Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and the Shudras. Why is India's next president so unknown? - BBC News 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z The Hostetters’ continuing impact will not only flow from their foundation’s endowment but also from their mentorship of the next generation of Brahmin billionaires. The New Gilded Age in Philanthropy 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z In her account of Lowell’s hospitalization, Jamison cites my case notes and those of his cardiologist in the Phillips House, a wing of Mass General where wealthy Boston Brahmin patients were typically housed. The Voices in Our Heads 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Jayalalitha was outspoken, saying she was proud to be a woman, an upper-caste Brahmin and a Hindu - in a state where politicians espoused the rationalistic credo of their parties and decried Brahminism and religion. Jayalalitha: The 'goddess' of Tamil Nadu politics - BBC News 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z JFK, raised to be a Brahmin, not a businessman, had only the most detached knowledge of how most people lived. Trump’s Carrier Coup and a Lesson From JFK 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z They believe that invasive northerners long ago installed themselves as Brahmins in the South at the expense of other castes, in whose favour they have tended to govern. Suspended animation 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The other big change that happened when Ms Deshpande's son became a teenager, was her exploration of food outside the Maharashtrian Brahmin repertoire. How India's changing kitchens have 'modernised' food habits - BBC News 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z Some of these Brahmins and their family members were given perks and pensions by Brussels. A Peasant Revolt Upends Britain’s Ruling Elite 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z He offset the Boston Brahmin élitism he was born into with his unabashed fondness for the Grateful Dead and “amber-colored liquids,” as he once infamously put it. Bill Weld’s Libertarian Conversion 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z I was born and raised in Kerala in a Brahmin family with strict parents and had no freedom. Elephants Brutalized in Religious Ceremonies in India "The harvest of rice will be good," Brahmin priest Korng Ken, dressed in traditional white robes, announced over loud speakers at the ceremony. Cambodia takes solace from plow ceremony amid worst drought in 50 years 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z An atheist and a self-declared rationalist, he rose to political prominence in the 1940s by being a part of the Dravidian movement, which challenged the caste-supremacy of Brahmins, and participating in anti-Hindi agitations. M Karunanidhi: India's 91-year-old politician who is still fighting - BBC News 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn presided over Monday's ceremony accompanied by his eldest daughter and son who watched as the ritual was conducted by the Brahmin priests dressed in white. Thailand's oxen soothsayers predict enough rainfall, prosperous economy 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z My niece, like me, is a Muslim, but her "blood sister" is a Hindu Brahmin. How a Muslim and a Hindu became 'blood brothers' - BBC News 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Local kids pronounce rico, meaning rich or delicious, as an American would, without rolling the “r”—a Bolivian version of a Brahmin lockjaw. Fine Dining for a Better World? 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z The family is Brahmin, members of Hinduism’s highest caste, which was long associated with priesthood. Indian Town Prays for a ‘Son’ on Supreme Court 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Buck was no match for Holmes, one of the most famous members of the 'Boston Brahmin' elite of the day. History of science: When eugenics became law : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Vidya was abducted by a man belonging to the higher caste Brahmin community while she was on her way back home from school in Robertsganj in Uttar Pradesh. The Indian girls who survived being raped - BBC News 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z He is descended from the Winthrops, who helped found the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the Forbeses, a Brahmin clan that made its money in railways and in exporting tea, silver, and opium to China. John Kerry’s Middle East Mission 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z The organization of the traditional caste structure is as follows: Brahmins are considered the highest of all the castes, and traditionally priests or teachers. The modern horrors of India’s ancient injustice: How a government has abandoned millions—and they are fighting back 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z It also has a multireligious and multicultural history: Many of the region’s mosques betray Buddhist architectural influences; Kashmiri carpet-making methods come from Shiite Persia; its Hindu temples once catered to a large Brahmin population. Explore the Beauty of Kashmir 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Originally expecting a clash of ideas among a diverse, talented field, the establishment’s national security Brahmins paired up with candidates and got to work — only to be blown out of the conversation by Trump. Will Wednesday’s GOP debate move the discourse from flash to substance? 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z She had shown little previous interest in politics, and her entry into a Dravidian party was made especially unlikely by the fact that she was a Brahmin. What Happens When a State Is Run by Movie Stars? 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Even his cotton-candy hair is fair game, especially for comedians who see Trump as an easy target and a parody of himself as a narcissistic, self-indulgent Brahmin. Trump's Entry Spices Up GOP 2016 Race 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z He began to teach not only Indian men who were not Brahmins, but women as well, and, later, foreigners. Making Yoga an Exercise in Democracy 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z There’s something entirely pleasant about the life of a simple Brahmin herder, hard though it may be. 'Fallout 4:' What Makes This Series So Special 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Boston Brahmins couldn’t escape the more than 100 inches of snow Beantown was under as they trudged to work, while Wall Street bros still had to turn into ballerinas to cross slush puddles. Summertime and the livin' is easy (for the rich) | Steven W Thrasher 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Dravidian activists protested the dominance of Brahmins in Tamil Nadu and of Hindi-speaking northerners on the national level. What Happens When a State Is Run by Movie Stars? 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Since then, Sanskrit is being spoken not just by the Sankethi Brahmins of the 3,500-strong village, but also by communities from the socially and economically underprivileged sections of society. Indian village where people speak in Sanskrit 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z A Boston Brahmin who was to the manner born — his maternal great-uncle, Frank Crowninshield, was the founding editor of Vanity Fair; he overcame polio; attended Harvard; and got to work early and often. Ben Bradlee’s Charmed, Charming Life 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Bradlee stories almost always relate to his glittering surface qualities, which combined the Brahmin and the profane. Postscript: Benjamin C. Bradlee (1921-2014) 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Satyarthi was born a Brahmin, the highest caste in India’s hierarchical system. Peace Prize recipient Kailash Satyarthi has long campaigned against child labor Deeply upset, the boy dropped his Brahmin family name in favor of Satyarthi, which means “seeker of truth,” according to an account on his website. Kailash Satyarthi’s Nobel Peace Prize Caps Decades of Fighting Child Slavery in India 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Franklin Roosevelt’s polio therapy at Warm Springs, Georgia helped the Brahmin FDR gain more empathy for the forgotten man. On Martha’s Vineyard, Obama’s Cool is On Display She spoke with a Brahmin accent to rival Katharine Hepburn’s, and initially appeared wary of the slightest personal revelation. Greening the Gilded Age 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The perpetrators were almost always men from my community - high-caste Brahmins. Why are women being hanged in India? 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z It was a not an atypical moment for a Bush, trying to reach out to conservatives and finding them congenitally wary of an Eastern Brahmin more comfortable at Skull and Bones than throwing red meat. Game of Thrones Unless there is State intervention, the rich Brahmin/Kshatriya living in a posh area of Delhi will wish to do very little for the millions of poor in Bihar or UP. The Clash Between Two Famous Indian Economists 2013-08-01T08:05:26Z It is, in some respects, a hereditary Brahmin caste, in which sons follows their fathers’ careers and they all live inside a closed social circle. Military Reasserts Its Allegiance to Its Privileges 2013-07-04T02:50:19Z Dalits are now training priests from their own community because Brahmins usually refuse to perform rituals for them, reports . Indian media: Political accountability 2013-06-04T08:02:37Z My family raised me as a traditional Hindu Brahmin vegetarian. 20 of your tales of vegetarian woe 2013-01-22T00:10:24Z ScottWan Ok my friend make it clear, No Body in India can Castrate a Cow or a Brahmin, shooting like a dog what are you talking about?. India's Sexual Violence: Will the Spotlight Last? 2013-01-14T23:35:32Z For decades, Dixiecrats voted to rebuild Rhode Island after northeasters and Northern Brahmins voted to rebuild barrier islands of the Gulf and the Outer Banks. City Room: Gotham Extra: Christie Takes a Swing at His Party, Possibly Hurting His Political Future 2013-01-03T20:52:16Z My father’s family was of a middling caste called the Kayastha—we had neither the land nor privileges of the Brahmin but were spared the humiliating poverty of the lowest castes. Why Can't India Feed Its People? 2012-11-21T18:00:20Z “He was bigger than life, an American Brahmin,” he said, a descendant of William Evarts, a secretary of state, attorney general and senator in the years after the Civil War. The Saturday Profile: William Christie Opens Gate to World All His Own 2012-10-20T08:20:05Z "Our panchayat members include a Brahmin and a Shudra also," referring to both the highest and lowest castes. India Ink: In Rural Haryana, Women Blamed for Rape Where Men Make the Rules 2012-10-12T13:22:06Z "It's almost like tubes in our sperm banks are labeled with 'Brahmin,' Bhumihar,' 'Yadav,' 'Rajput' and several other caste stickers," said the doctor, who asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitivity of the issue. India Ink: At a Sperm Bank in Bihar, Caste Divisions Start Before Birth 2012-07-12T05:19:22Z Tell me, oh Brahmin, if this man was not a crocodile a thousand years ago? A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z They are the same beautiful white Brahmin cattle which I saw at Bombay—enormous animals, as strong as camels and quiet and docile as sheep. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z How English officers can reconcile it with their honor to connive at such a deception—even though it be to please the Brahmins—I leave them to explain. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Jagannath is the name of one of the mouths of the Ganges, upon which was built the great pagoda where the Great Brahmin or High Priest resided. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z There is, too, a costly attention to the wishes of a guest, which will remind you of India, though I must own the Irish Brahmin has not the grand, high-bred air of the Bengalee. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z Now those among whom his missionary labors appear to have lain were Brahmins, and Brahmins of great learning and extraordinary strictness of life. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Under the one word “infidel,” even as late as Lord Coke, were classed together all who were not Christians, even though they were Mahommedans, Brahmins, or Jews. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z A Brahmin, who had become a Christian, told me that the people had often asked him to wash his feet in the water of the street, that they might drink it! From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z He was a little wizened Brahmin, with the thin blue lines of his caste carefully painted on his wrinkled forehead. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z This was the belief of the Brahmins, and was no doubt transmitted to the Academic and Eleatic schools of Greece by Pythagoras. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Englishmen were a sort of Brahmins; the missionary who went among them must go as one versed in all learning, or he would not be listened to. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Army in a moment of personal pique–and, finally, receiving a classic scolding at the hands of a Boston Brahmin, the lawyer Joseph Welch, “Have you no decency at long last, sir?” Contraception Controversy: Could Rush Be Losing His Hold on the GOP? 2012-03-03T17:35:23Z I had read much of "the mild Hindoo" and "the learned Brahmin," and I asked myself, May not their religion have some elements of good? From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Just then the Brahmin woman in the corner opposite got up to arrange her dress and moved about in the aisle so that the conversation was interrupted. In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India 2012-02-17T03:00:28.697Z The practice was in the hands of a particular tribe of Brahmins, who were delegated from various religious colleges, and who travelled through the provinces for this purpose. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z De' Nobili's transformation of himself into a Brahmin of the strictest and most learned caste is well known. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z For an interpreter and personal attendant I have an educated young Brahmin, for some years in British post-office service in the Gulf, and lately a teacher in the American school here. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z This is the goddess Doorgha, whose sacred presence is guarded by Brahmin priests, so that no profane foot may come near her. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z I went directly to him, holding out my hand, and, Brahmin though he was, he took it, his eyes full of tears. In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India 2012-02-17T03:00:28.697Z During the whole of this ceremony, the Brahmin always preserved a solemn countenance, and recited the prayers appointed in the Attharna Veda, to propitiate the goddess who superintended the smallpox. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z He dressed and lived as a Brahmin, roused the curiosity of his adopted brethren, opened school, and taught philosophy, inculcating such practical conclusions as it is unnecessary to specify. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Would not your argument, Mr. Black, have been just as good in the mouth of a Brahmin then, as it is in yours now? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z What a place for a Brahmin to live or to die! From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z In one corner sat a Brahmin woman, distinguishable by the refined features of her class rather than the caste mark upon her forehead, but too poor for the greater privacy of a second compartment. In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India 2012-02-17T03:00:28.697Z The Brahmin then gave his instructions, which were regularly observed. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z A Brahmin, with his wife and only daughter, were making a pilgrimage to the banks of the sacred Ganges. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z A Brahmin, in a Hindu temple, will make the same remark, and so will the American Indian, when he endeavors to enforce something upon the young of his tribe. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z It is a vast and monstrous system of falsehood, kept in existence mainly for the sake of keeping up the power of the Brahmins. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z "That is practically done already, Sahib," the Brahmin answered. In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India 2012-02-17T03:00:28.697Z Amongst the ancient religious orders and nations who practiced this rite, we may name the Essenes, Persians, Pythagoreans, Gnostics, Brahmins and Mexicans. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z The Brahmins constantly facilitated the conversion of the lower races to their faith by admitting their tutelar deities to the Hindu Pantheon. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z Many a Brahmin has uttered prayers in a language to him unintelligible; and many a Christian uses words in his devotions of which he never seeks to know the meaning. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z If then Buddhists and Brahmins, and Moslems and Romanists, have so long disputed the land, there is certainly no reason why we should condemn at the very outset the entrance of Protestant Christianity. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z But Shama Bhana's Brahmin training stood him in good stead, for he went on his way apparently unmoved by all the indignities that were being heaped upon him and his. In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India 2012-02-17T03:00:28.697Z The oldest and probably the original form of the Trinity is that found in the Brahmin and Hindoo systems—the terms of which are—i. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z After his death the Brahmins placed him among their devils, and used to light little lamps round the door in his honour. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z Yet these same Hindoos, the very particular sect of the Brahmins, have amongst themselves a form of worship which to our ideas is incompatible with real religion. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z The Brahmin feels nothing for the sufferings of the Pariah, who is of another order of being as truly as if he were one of the lower animals. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z The influence of the conversion of that rich, strong Brahmin family has been marvellous, as you can imagine, and is increasing every day. In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India 2012-02-17T03:00:28.697Z He washed the feet of the Brahmins, and preached the most excellent doctrines; but at length the power of his enemies prevailed.... The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z Yea, verily One the All-Father; yea, Brahmin, all life is from Him, And Righteous the Law of the Buddha, but the path of attainment is dim. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z Like the Brahmin of the story, they will destroy a fine microscope rather than permit their co-religionists to know that they drink living creatures in their water, or eat mites in their fruit. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z As to their low caste, statistics show, among them, a greater proportion of Brahmins than of any other caste, as might be expected from their greater intelligence. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z There are some, I have read, that embody the theories of the Brahmin philosophy.” Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The second Advent of Chrishna.—"There is not a Hindoo or a Brahmin who does not look upon the second coming of Chrishna as an established article of faith." The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z He had married two or three ladies of high rank, as considered suitable by the Brahmins, but he had also married to please himself a fair maiden of lower caste. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z All seem hale and hearty, although for the most part they live upon rice and fruits, tasting flesh but seldom, as it is never used by the Brahmin caste. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z The imposition of hands, for the purpose of performing miraculous cures, has been practised from time immemorial; Chaldees and Brahmins alike using it in cases of malignant diseases. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z The pariahs laboured for the Brahmins, the helots for the Spartans, the slaves for the Romans, the villeins for their feudal lords. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z And we find the same doctrine very explicitly taught in the ancient Brahmin, Persian, Chaldean, Chinese, Mexican and Grecian systems —all much older than Christianity. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z He then learnt that if he did not get rid of her the Brahmins meant to get rid of him. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z The Brahmins will not even eat eggs, because they are the produce of hens; nor drink milk because it is procured from cows! Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z A Mr. Hodges had accidentally made the acquaintance of a young Brahmin, who, although unknown to the English residents, was famous among the natives for his great gifts. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z This ancient fable of the Brahmins was probably the groundwork also of the Grecian fable of the Titan war. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z By dint of promises and entreaties, they extorted from the Brahmin the mystic key, which has opened to us so many wonders of the primitive world. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z Perhaps the Brahmins became aware that any foul play would bring the English raj down upon them. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z The extent of these works, however, their nature, and the immense expense incurred, all point to a long-continued influence of the Brahmins. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z From that day the Brahmin obtained daily more influence over the mind of his English friend, and the latter undertook nothing without having first consulted the strangely gifted native. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z By such artful intrigues, the Hindu virgin, Rohini, conceived and brought forth a "son of God," one of the Brahmin trinity. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z The Brahmins are also the lawyers and physicians of India, and hence the Greeks did not designate them erroneously when they termed them the caste of philosophers. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z Knowledge-based businesses like information technology have attracted large numbers of Brahmins, the traditional learned caste. India's Way: India?s Boom Creates Openings for Untouchables 2011-12-22T03:02:26Z Prem Sagar approached him once and spoke; but the holy man made no answer, judging it better to pretend to be under a vow of silence, than to betray anything by converse with the Brahmin. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z On Bali and Lombok, little islands south of Java, the people are still Brahmin, like most inhabitants of India. A History of the Philippines 2011-12-12T03:00:36.870Z Mr. Higgins asserts that the Brahmin "crucifixion was well known in the time of St. Jerome," who, like the Evangelist John, was rather apt to tell astronomical secrets. Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures 2011-12-24T03:08:03.360Z They place all these Patriarchs in the primitive world, and assign them to the race of Brahmins;—a circumstance which cannot here appear unfitting. The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 2011-12-24T03:07:59.623Z It is one of the reasons why so many South Indians based in the United States, especially Tamil Brahmins, often referred to “TamBrams,” visit Chennai in December. India Ink: Chennai's Magical, Musical 'Season' 2011-12-02T16:33:19Z This cloud of music melts away before the mighty chant of the Brahmins as they march to the pagoda. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z A Brahmin treats the plume with which he writes, a soldier the weapon that he takes into the field, a mason his trowel, a laborer his plow, in the same way. Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits 2011-11-28T03:00:26.030Z Properly speaking, all true work is religion, and whatsoever religion is not work may go and dwell among the Brahmins, the Antinomians, Spinning Dervishes, or where it will. English Secularism A Confession Of Belief 2011-11-24T03:00:50.030Z The Brahmin taught that this could be effected by prayer, sacrifice, and sundry ceremonies to be performed by some man who had been specially appointed for the purpose. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z The Brahmin Bull of India, is a sleek, tame animal of a different species to the ordinary working ox. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z It sounds like the song of an angel, but it is only Lakme, the Brahmin's daughter. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z I am a Brahmin," she said in Hindu, "and I owe thee a debt. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Once when Ghumbeer Singh had lately introduced tame geese into the country; he gave two to a Brahmin to take care of. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z Brahmins and Buddhists believe in transmigration of souls: the Christian does the like, only, instead of being converted into a beast, he imagines that he will become either an angel or a devil. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z I turned again to the weeping Brahmin hospital assistant, useless, like so many of his race, in an emergency. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Confident that every one will attend this great festival, the Brahmin has brought his daughter as a decoy. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z "What is thy will?" he asked in the tongue of the Brahmins. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z “Tell the Brahmin to eat it,” said the indignant Rajah. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z There is throughout the book no reference made to a preceding or a succeeding condition of man, such as obtained amongst the Brahmins, and it is doubtful whether the Persians believed in heaven or hell. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z A Brahmin must have his separate fireplace, prepare his own food and eat alone. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Nilikanthe, a Brahmin priest and owner of the dwelling, comes forward with two slaves, who open the bamboo gates, admitting a group of Hindu devotees, who prostrate themselves before the idol. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z A Brahmin dancer, having the peculiarities of an Egyptian almah, a Greek het�ra, and a Pythian priestess, all fused in one. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Assam was once Hindoo but had long become Buddhist under its Ahom kings, and now became converted to Hindooism, by Brahmins from Bengal. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z One cannot wonder that the Brahmins and the Pharisees, who were objurgated as hypocrites, should retort upon their accusers, prosecute the one and crucify the other. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z The Maharani has the fair complexion of high-class Brahmin ladies, and an individuality and a charm of her own that makes her hosts of friends. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z In tones of ecstasy she repeats the final phrase of her love-song; but her voice soon fails, and with a sudden gasp she falls at the Brahmin's feet—dead. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z The juice of a species of asclepias produces the intoxicant soma, used once by the Brahmins, not only as a drink, but also in sacrificial and religious ceremonies. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z For as in Greece the fire-god was essentially pure, so not only was the Brahmin forbidden to throw anything filthy into his fire, but he might not even warm his feet at it. Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z Though Siddartha was opposed to the Brahmins, he nevertheless studied their doctrines, as Mary's son did that of the Hebrew theologians, thoroughly, under one of the wisest of them, for many years. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Foreigners can have no idea of the extent to which they carry on their disreputable trade, including in their ranks some of the highest Brahmins of the country. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z It entered alike into the system of the Brahmin and of the Buddhist, and determined their tone and quality. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Brahman, br�′man, Brahmin, br�′min, n. a person of the highest or priestly caste among the Hindus.—adjs. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Babu or Brahmin, all were the same to her. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z She is represented to have been born from a Brahmin named Gautama, in the same fashion as Drona was. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z The same display of silver-ware is made on the occasion, and nearly the same amount of presents of money made to the Brahmins, Koolins and others. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The new arrival is a Brahmin, in full costume. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z He was a Brahmin, so high-caste that caste ceased to have any particular meaning for him; and his father had been an important official in the gay-colored tag-rag and bobtail of an old-fashioned Hindu Court. The Second Jungle Book 2011-09-10T02:00:30.870Z I’m a kind of Brahmin, Nie; I never take life unless there is dire necessity. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z This man, a strict Brahmin, restored the glories of the old religion somewhat dimmed by Buddhism, and planted a monastery in each of the four extremities of India to keep alive the faith of Brahma. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z As tangible memorials of the happy union, presents of large brass pots, with oil, plates with sweetmeats, fruits, and clothes, &c., are largely distributed among the Brahmins and numerous friends and relatives of the family. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The only one now remaining is the Brahmin, whom the husband seeks for some time without finding him. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z If we reach Kanhiwara, and I get the ear of the English, I will bring such a lawsuit against the Brahmin and old Buldeo and the others as shall eat the village to the bone. The Second Jungle Book 2011-09-10T02:00:30.870Z Besides, what are we to say of the immense number of philosophical Buddhists and Brahmins, for whose comfort or moral guidance the idea of a God or a hereafter is felt to be quite unnecessary? My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z His corpulency is held by the Brahmins, as an indication of his benevolence, and his readiness to grant the desires of his worshippers. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z Professional Ghatucks, genealogists and Brahmins also come in for their share and are not disappointed. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The Brahmin tries to defend himself, and cries out, "Accursed, accursed!"—the only words pronounced throughout the pantomime. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z They should be given as much respect, at least, as we would give the honest Brahmin, Buddhist, or Mohammedan. The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It 2011-07-21T02:00:23.213Z Hindus are guided by the race of Brahmins, who in turn are guided by no one. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z His especial concern was the exploration of the scenes of Buddha’s life, the copying of Buddhist texts, and converse with the Buddhist monks and sages whom the Brahmin reaction had not yet driven out. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Moreover, a widow would not accept a dish unless it is prepared by a real Brahmin cook, male or female. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The convicts burst into a laugh, and Ali, without looking at me, takes my hand, and calls out, "See, see the Brahmin!" The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z “In truth, no sir,” said the Brahmin; “my son-in-law, the Jackal, gave me a melon plant, and in one of the melons I found these jewels.” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z Why did the Jews have no hereafter at all, the Mahommedans a sensual paradise, the Greeks the Shades, the Brahmins and Buddhists a transmigration of souls leading to Nirvana? The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z I tell you that great Indra of the skies Is wroth with us And will not send us rain, So wisest Brahmins vow— Until this boy, This saintly one, is brought unto the Raja! The Immortal Lure 2011-07-06T02:00:50.730Z "Bring tobacco, bring tobacco, for both Brahmin's and Soodras," is the next welcome expression. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z This Brahmin is represented by the convict Cutchin, who plays the part perfectly, thanks, in a great measure, to a suitable physiognomy. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Then he said to the Brahmin, “Give me up the jewels you stole from me, or I’ll give you to the police, and you shall be put in jail.” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z Caste—a most important point in connection with people of India—is carefully respected, and the Brahmin prisoners are nearly all employed as cooks. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z But unto the city you shall go with me And there with Brahmin rites be made my husband. The Immortal Lure 2011-07-06T02:00:50.730Z It is a noteworthy fact that the Brahmin, who repeats the name of the god, Modosoodun, seems, to all appearance, to be absorbed in mental abstraction. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The miller's wife loses her head; the Brahmin runs wildly on all sides, begging to be concealed. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z “I merely came to see how you were,” answered the Brahmin, “and to tell you how poor we are; and how glad we should be of any help you can give us.” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z The Brahmins placed the earth in the centre, and said that the stars moved like fishes in a sea of liquid. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z That is better than seventy, for my feet are weary of that accursed Brahmin’s boots.” The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z These Brahmin women are, indeed, mistresses of the culinary art, if the bill of fare is not long, yet the dishes they make are generally very palatable. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The Brahmin went through various incantations over the corpse, and with effect. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z “Ah,” answered the Brahmin, “that is a sad story!” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z I am not an aristocrat, but if I were I should rather belong to what Dr. Holmes calls the 'Brahmin caste', in America, than to any other. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Malcolm contributed a garbled history of recent events, and one of the Brahmin’s seals, which came into Havelock’s possession when Cawnpore was occupied, lent verisimilitude to the script. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z As a rule, the Brahmins dine first, and then the numerous guests and attendants, numbering sometimes one thousand. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The Brahmin dances in Brahminical style with the dead man. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z The rich Brahmin thought it smelt even nicer than his own dinner, for which he paid so much, and yet it seemed to come from the poor Brahmin’s little cottage. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z Before Mr. Leadbeater it was her Brahmin guide, and before him it was Mr. Judge. H. P. Blavatsky A Great Betrayal 2011-06-12T02:00:09.327Z He who wore this uniform was a Brahmin, and that makes all the difference. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z When the problem is ultimately solved in favor of the officiating priest who actually makes the Poojah, and sums of money are put into the hands of the Brahmins, the last prayer is read. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The Brahmins say the other gods are good and benevolent, and will not hurt their creatures, but that Siva is powerful and cruel, and that it is necessary to appease him.” Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z And the Rajah said to the Brahmin, “Take away your stick, only take away your stick, and you shall have back your chattee.” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z The first noteworthy example was her excision from The Voice of the Silence of passages and notes, presumably out of deference to Brahmin sentiment, which then governed her actions. H. P. Blavatsky A Great Betrayal 2011-06-12T02:00:09.327Z He actually entrusted the Treasury to the protection of the Nana’s retainers, in spite of Lawrence’s plainly-worded warning that the Brahmin’s recent movements placed him under grave suspicion. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z The Brahmins, Koolins, and others, receive, as usual, presents of money and return home replenished in body as well as in purse. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Some great landowners build a greater number, and employ Brahmins to perform the daily ceremonies. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z At these words the Tiger would have instantly killed the Brahmin; but the Brahmin said, “Tiger, Tiger, you must not kill me yet, for you promised that we should first hear the judgment of six.” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z As the Brahmins say, no more you worshiped matter, Or scarcely ghosts, or even the gods With singleness of heart. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z In this instance, the balking of a Brahmin prince’s passions was destined to change the whole trend of affairs in northern India. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Except Brahmins, no one is allowed to touch the idol from this night, after the bellbarun, when it is supposed life and animation is imparted into it. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Knowing the deserved odium that attaches to the Tantras, Brahmins assert that these constitute the Jangam system. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z Three out of the six had given judgment against the Brahmin, but still he did not lose all hope, and determined to ask the other three. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z After she had left the house, the Brahmin went forth begging, leaving the house empty. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z Such weakness was annoying to the puissant Brahmin. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Next to the Jews, this religious duty was scrupulously observed by the Brahmins. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z These are but slender apologies, for such an imitation of the evil example set them by the Brahmins. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z But the Brahmin answered, “Stay yet a little longer, for two others must first be asked.” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z In this ancient Indian book the story runs as follows:— A Brahmin named Devasaman had a wife, who gave birth to a son, and also to an ichneumon. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z A clear-headed Brahmin, to whom intrigue was the breath of life, was not likely to make the mistake of being too precipitate in his actions. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z More valuable offerings form the portion of the Brahmins, who look upon and claim these as their birthright. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z At the worship of some of the female deities also, the daughters of Brahmins have divine honours paid to them. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z The Brahmin gave himself up as lost; but again he prayed the Tiger to have patience and let him ask the opinion of the sixth judge. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z Yon are the works of Brahmin loom; On such a web of Persian thread The desert Arab bows his head, And cries his prayer. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z He heard Mohammedans alluding to a Brahmin as a leader—so might a wolf and a snake make common alliance against a watch dog. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z A shrewd Brahmin, like the ancient Roman soothsayer, laughs in his sleeves at such stupidity. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z They are done in secret: but that these practices are becoming very frequent among the Brahmins and others is a fact known to all. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z That night, when the Chundun Rajah came to life, he called the Brahmin, and said to him, “Is the Princess still here?” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z His soul seemed also, like a Brahmin, to live on poetical flowers, and his speech was often, like his manners, Indian,–i. e. poetic. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z The Brahmin’s retainers were like jackals who knew that the lion had killed and the feast was spread. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z In every chatoospati or school, the Brahmin Pundit and his pupils worship this goddess with religious strictness. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z “As the Brahmins,” say they, “call themselves gods upon earth, we will shew that our worthies are quite a match for them.” Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z She was very happy; she wanted nothing, and the Brahmin and his wife took as much care of her as if she had been their daughter. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z I think that the Brahmins, so anterior to the Jews, might well have been divided also; but they were the first who imposed on themselves the law of not eating any animal. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z Fortunately there were others in Bithoor who understood the Brahmin’s motives, and saw therein the germ of failure for their own plans. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Every one who attends must make a present of one or a half Rupee to the goddess, and returns home with the hollow benediction of the Brahmin. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z For instance, a Brahmin, who, by a curse, had become a swine, ate what a Jangam had spit out and hereby resumed the human form. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z The Rajah, at hearing these words, was very angry, and said to the Brahmin, “I will cut off your head, for you tell lies and not the truth.” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z It is difficult clearly to comprehend the system of Timæus, which he perhaps derived from the Egyptians or Brahmins. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z “I shall renew the bombardment, and put every one of you to death in a few days,” threatened the Brahmin. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z I had almost forgotten to say anything about the annual gratuity which the Brahmins of Bengal obtain on the occasion of this festival. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The Brahmins gave me the following account of the origin of the pagoda. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z Then the Brahmin said, “As this fire has burnt the wool, so will this Princess one day, if she comes here, burn this whole land.” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z What is still stranger, the magi, as well as the Brahmins, admitted a paradise, a hell, a resurrection, and a devil. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z Chumru had long ago decided to send the Brahmin to the place where all unbelievers go, at the first suitable opportunity. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Notwithstanding the many-featured phases and multitudinous requirements of the Hindoo creed, the peculiarities of this festival are mainly confined to the worship of the household image, and the entertainment of the Brahmins and friends. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z It would seem that at this time he began to compare the opposed statements of Jainas and Brahmins, and perceived that both creeds were idolatrous. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z Then the Brahmin’s heart was softened, and he gave the Jackal his eldest daughter in marriage, and the Jackal took her home to his den in the high rocks. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z The maiba, the doctor and priest of the animistic system, still finds a livelihood despite the competition on the one hand of the Brahmin, and on the other of the hospital Assistant. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z “One only, but you may deem it too far,” was the quiet answer, and Chumru, placing his left hand on the Brahmin’s mouth, plunged a long, thin knife up to the hilt between his ribs. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z He loaded boats with the bodies and sent them to the neighbouring Brahmins, but they could not devour them fast enough, and great numbers were thrown away. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z They declared Brahmins to be literally gods upon earth, women to be vastly inferior to men in all things, and parias to be utterly abominable. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z By next day the melon that the Jackal had given him had grown up in the Brahmin’s garden into a fine plant, covered with hundreds of beautiful ripe melons. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z Nothing of the sort: Brahmins always know how to reap profit from anything. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z But that arch-fiend had been deserted by the majority of his followers, and he was babbling of suicide to his fellow Brahmins. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z After waiting several days in vain, hoping that his friends would relent, one of these Brahmins, tying himself to a jar of water, drowned himself in the Ganges. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The Shastrus declare that the daughters of Brahmins, till they are eight years old, are objects of worship as forms of the goddess Bhagavatee. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z And all the neighbors were astonished, and said, “How fast that fine melon plant has grown in the Brahmin’s garden!” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z According to Borrow, the first syllable of the word is the Om of the Brahmins and Indian Buddhists, one of the names of the Deity. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z The Brahmin, on reflection, decided that he would stab Chumru before the hoard was disturbed and he could then devise another hiding-place at his leisure. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Some years ago, Ram, a Brahmin of Tribany, having, by mistake, married his son to a Peeralee girl, and being abandoned by his friends, died of a broken heart. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Ward said that the learned Brahmin who opened to him these abominations, made several efforts—paused and began again, and then paused again, before he could pronounce the shocking indecencies prescribed by his own shastrus. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z Yet all this time she had a whole roomful of the emeralds, diamonds, rubies and pearls that she had found in the melons the Brahmin’s wife had sold her. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z The inhabitants who escaped were utterly paralysed, and sat like Indian Brahmins with their elbows on their knees, staring in vacant despair. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z “To bring in a Feringhi who is in hiding,” said the Brahmin. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z It is amusing to observe the complaisance with which a Brahmin gives a consecrated Billaputtra or flower to a devotee in return for a Rupee or so. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The Brahmins inculcated the adoration of many gods. Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India 2011-05-31T02:00:29.133Z “No, no, sir; indeed no, sir,” cried the Brahmin. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z "But have you ever run nails into your flesh?" demanded the Brahmin. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z For one wearing the livery of servitude to address a high-caste Brahmin thus was incurring the risk of being sabered then and there. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Every respectable Hindoo family, even now-a-days when heterodoxy is rampant in all the great centres of education, has to give ten, fifteen, twenty-five, or fifty Rupees to Brahmins. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The priestly caste of the Brahmins, the highest and most privileged caste in the Indian social body, has always been opposed to the frank and open teaching of Buddha. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z When the Brahmin saw the chattee and smelt the good dinner, his eyes glistened for joy; and he embraced the Jackal, saying, “Dear son-in-law, you are the only support of our house.” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z This idea of an immortal soul was invented by the Brahmins, adopted by the Persians, Chaldeans, and Greeks, and was for a long time unknown to the insignificant and superstitious Jewish tribes. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The Calcutta Brahmin did not resent the Lascar’s taunt more keenly. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Ghunusyamu, a Brahmin, about thirty-five years ago, went to England and was excommunicated. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z He is an aged scholar, and though not a Brahmin, well versed in the Vedas, but, above all, he is distinguished by his devout views and by his desire to elevate and improve his fellow-countrymen. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z And he accompanied the rich Brahmin to the poor Brahmin’s house. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z They all have a learned language peculiar to themselves; it is that of the most ancient Brahmins; and they have a book written in this language, which they call the Shasta. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The Brahmin’s mind reeled under the shock of the retort. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z During the day, a few Brahmins are fed according to the circumstances of the family. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Melchior Sylva, a converted Brahmin, might, from his colour and language, pass through the Turkish wicket. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z When the Rajah had gone, the Brahmin said to his wife, “There is nothing to be done but to go again to the Jackal, and see if he can help us.” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z When I was in the city of Benarez, on the borders of the Ganges, the country of the ancient Brahmins, I endeavored to instruct myself in their religion and manners. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z Yet how came it that even a low-caste mongrel of a Lascar should offer such an overt insult to a Brahmin! The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z Not long after this, two Peeralee Brahmins of Calcutta made an effort to wipe out the opprobrium of Peeralism, but were disappointed, though they had expended a very large sum of money. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Perhaps, all unsuspected even by himself, the instinct of the Brahmin was in him too; of a certainty, what is bred in the bone is apt to come out in the flesh. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z The Brahmin answered, “No, I will not; for if I let you out of the cage you will eat me.” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z He was of the religion of the Brahmins: I have the honor to be a Mussulman. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z I am a Hindu, as you know, but I am worse treated by the Brahmins than by men of your faith.” The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z In the year 1807, a Brahmin of Tribany murdered his wife by strangling her to avert loss of caste through her criminal intrigues. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z For no Brahmin was ever more deeply imbued with the prejudice of caste than this slothful old lady Gordon; and no consideration other than a serious one could disturb her in the least. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z “Sir Camel, Sir Camel,” cried the Brahmin, “hear and give judgment.” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z There prevailed at that time in Arabia a shocking custom, sprung originally from Scythia, and which, being established in the Indies by the credit of the Brahmins, threatened to over-run all the East. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The Hindoo Castes; or history, manners and customs of the 42 castes or sects of the Brahmins of British India, with highly colored plates: By E.A. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z In ordinary conversation, when the question of the comparative fortunes of the different classes is introduced, a Brahmin is often heard to lament his most impecunious lot. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The Marquis of Wellesley is alluded to, and the college founded by him at Calcutta: "At his command the splendid structures rise: Around the Brahmins stand in vast surprise." Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z The Brahmin said to him, “Brother Bullock, brother Bullock, hear and give judgment.” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z "It was he," replied the Brahmin, "that taught mankind to read and write, and to whom the world is indebted for the game of chess." Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z These Brahmins who did not accept the Buddha as Master would address Him in this way, and of course they were often wealthy men. The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada 2011-02-07T03:00:21.273Z After the establishment of the English power in Bengal, the caste of a Brahmin of Calcutta was destroyed by a European who forced into his mouth flesh, spirits, &c. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Robert de Nobili, the nephew of Bellarmine, the great theological writer and historian of the Church, adopted the dress and the extremely difficult habits of life of the high-caste Brahmin. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z They next met an Eagle flying through the air, to whom the Brahmin cried, “O Eagle, great Eagle, hear and give judgment?” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z The Brahmins were the first who gave a history of my adventures. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z But whatever Brahmin the priest brought to the sick man, not one pleased him; he said an inward voice told him that their life was not pure enough, their favour with Brahma not sufficient. Fairy Tales From all Nations 2011-01-16T03:00:21.797Z Gocool, another Brahmin, about the same time went to Madras, and was renounced by his relatives; but after incurring some expense in feasting Brahmins, he was received back. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z And software engineers in gated communities have become the new Brahmins. Homeland Revisited 2011-01-09T01:30:34Z Then the Tiger began to roar, and said, “The judgment of all is against you, O Brahmin.” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z I think the loneliness and the fright, after dark, would have driven me mad had I not remembered what the converted Brahmin priest, who lectured at home, said about the jungle. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z He found a middle-aged Brahmin, with a peaceful, clean-shaven face, seated on a bench outside, and reading a devotional book. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z A person who had a dispute with these Brahmins informed against them, and they were immediately abandoned by their friends. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z He was a sort of Irishman among the Brahmins, and seemed hardly imposing enough for a great man. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z So the Brahmin and the Tiger returned to the place where they first met, and the Jackal went with them. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z I heard a man," she resumed, "a converted Brahmin priest, lecture in New Orleans. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z After Kanti had eaten and drunk, the Brahmin begged him to introduce himself. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z It is supposed that not less than fifty families live in Calcutta, who employ Brahmin priests to perform the ceremonies of the Hindu religion for them. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z “The Brahmins use it in their sacrifices to the god Vishnu, to scent the oil employed in the ceremony.” The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z When they got there, the Jackal said, “Now, Brahmin, show me exactly where you stood.” Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z There was a street fight between some Chinese and Brahmins—Chinese and Brahmins do fight, don't they? Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Sharat got up, and, opening the door, learnt that a boat had been upset in the storm, and that one of the occupants, a young Brahmin boy, had succeeded in swimming ashore in their garden. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z Indeed it was one of the curses of the Vedic period that to be a Brahmin of the present Kali yagu would be an impersonation of corruption, baseness and venality. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z He retells the story of a Brahmin in colonial India who informed a Benthamite official: “I am ten times as capable of happiness as that untouchable over there.” Economics focus: The joyless or the jobless 2010-11-25T10:47:00Z So saying, the Jackal ran off in one direction, and the Brahmin went rejoicing on his way in the other. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z "Somehow it makes me think of the Brahmin priest who lectured—a sort of thrilling mysticism; color and tragedy." Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z There were many Brahmins among them, but of them you never said a word. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z A Brahmin of the present iron age is quite a different ecclesiastic from what he was in the past golden age. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Many of his pupils were from orthodox Brahmin families, for whom the skin of a dead cow was jutha – unholy, polluting – and forbidden to touch. In search of the perfect round rolling object 2010-06-26T06:00:00Z None know it but the Brahmin who has charge of this place. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z Nirupama Pathak, a daughter of a bank manager father and a homemaker mother, was a Brahmin at the apex of the caste ladder. In rapidly modernizing India, caste fatally lurks 2010-05-06T23:05:00Z He then sent some of his men into the village to inquire, and in answer heard nothing but praise of the beauty and virtues of the Brahmin's daughter. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z A Brahmin is no longer typical of either religious purity or moral excellence. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Brahmin priests attended the bloodletting, casting hexes on the government amid swirls of incense. Thailand: Why the Reds Are in Revolt 2010-03-27T16:25:00Z Then the Brahmin took the Princess to his little hut, and bade his wife see that she wanted for nothing, and all the next day she rested in that place. Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India 2011-07-12T02:00:31.917Z The list of richest Indians is dominated by the business Bania castes, who are in the middle, along with a few Brahmins and Muslims. In rapidly modernizing India, caste fatally lurks 2010-05-06T23:05:00Z The Brahmin priest had come to bathe with his ritual vessels. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z I ask every Hindoo to look into his heart honestly and answer frankly whether a Brahmin of the present day is a true embodiment, a glorious display, a veritable representative of Brahma, the Creator. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z A purported Brahmin priest in ceremonial robes performed an unorthodox black magic ritual on the Red Shirts' behalf. Blood protest stains Thai PM's home 2010-03-17T09:18:00Z Mr. Auchincloss had a beaky, patrician nose and spoke with a high-pitched Brahmin accent. 2010-01-28T04:18:00Z The Greeks do not mention him and the Brahmin books ignore him, but the Buddhist chronicles and legends tell us much about him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" A Hindu king who reigned under the laws of Manu could not break through the immunities of the Brahmins, or the separation of the castes. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII Next to the Brahmins, the Vidya class was respected, though sometimes they are unjustly twitted with what is called a hybrid origin. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Here are constantly assembled a large crowd of pilgrims, and a willing contribution is paid to the Brahmins. Heathen Mythology The Sikh, the Brahmin, the Pathan, were the born aristocrats of the mob. The Great Mogul He was a great reader of fiction, and he had heard of Irish banshees and Brahmin ghosts; but never a living story-teller had painted such a face as he looked upon at that moment. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 I," replied the other, "I am nothing, signore, and I am everything—Christian, Mohammedan, Brahmin, what you will. The Man Who Rose Again I have heard of a Koolin Brahmin, who, after marrying sixty-five wives, carried off another man's wife, by personating her husband. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z Here is a conclave of Cardinals, consulting upon the interests of the Holy See; there a company of Brahmins setting an offering of rice before their idol. How to Observe Morals and Manners Monty was a Brahmin, albeit one of the best of fellows, and this class had never been an object of his envy nor considered by him an example to be emulated. The Bachelors A Novel The Brahmin had only three chances in his favor. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) “No rajah,” says Dr. Christlieb, “under a purely native system, would administer the opium revenue as we do; the Brahmins would soon starve him out.” A Vindication of England's Policy with Regard to the Opium Trade I select five examples, though they might easily be multiplied: Oodhoy Chunder, a Brahmin, late of B�gn�p�r�, had sixty-five wives, by whom he had forty-one sons, and twenty-five daughters. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The Hindoos must be in a low degree of civilization, and sunk in a deadly superstition, or they would tolerate no Brahmins. How to Observe Morals and Manners And we persuaded a Brahmin philosopher to come from London and stay for a few days with the only one among us who had rooms of his own. Reveries over Childhood and Youth More hopeless than the Pariahs are the Brahmins of our heathenism,—those miserable men whose corrupt lives are glossed over with a varnish of respectability. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 When the Brahmins convert a pig-worshipping tribe of aboriginals, they tell their proselytes that the pig was an avatar of Vishnu. Custom and Myth New Edition On seeing the offerings brought back, his mother's lamentations knew no bounds, because the refusal of the Brahmins to accept the offerings was a dishonor, and involved the question of the loss of caste. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z The Buddhist world and the Brahmin world were closed, and the millions of the Mohammedan world were practically untouched. The Call of the World or, Every Man's Supreme Opportunity A man was once conversing with a Brahmin priest, and he asked: "Could you say, 'I am the Resurrection and the Life?'" Moody's Stories Incidents and Illustrations |
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