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- noun Plural form of
brahmin .
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Examples
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IOt is as if theexploiters of old, called brahmins, andthe exploited who are dalits have a common stake in neutralising the impact of other parties who have used them as pawns for so long.
The BSP factor 2008
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The brahmins were the priestly caste, with responsibility for the cult: they became the most powerful.
Buddha Armstrong, Karen, 1944- 2001
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It also points out that “the entire sects and subsects of South Indian brahmin population are totally vegetarians unlike certain brahmins of other parts of India.”
Global Voices in English » Caste Based Communities on Orkut Mirror India’s Splintered Society 2009
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Is noticing a "good" characteristic of a group, such as "brahmins from the state of Tamilnadu in India are typically very bright," also prejudice?
Swati Desai, Ph.D., LCSW: Negotiating the Paradoxes of Nonjudgment 2010
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Is noticing a "good" characteristic of a group, such as "brahmins from the state of Tamilnadu in India are typically very bright," also prejudice?
Swati Desai, Ph.D., LCSW: Negotiating the Paradoxes of Nonjudgment LCSW 2010
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The vrata can be performed by every devout individual by inviting brahmins, friends and relatives.
Shree Satya Narayan Puja « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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Up there, the media moguls and literary brahmins eat at Michael's.
Sharon Waxman: Eat the (New) Press: Breakfast at Balthazar's 2009
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The culture of brahmins become God centred as against the human centredness of lower caste communities.
Untouchable Spring .... అంటరాని వసంతం kesav 2009
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The culture of brahmins become God centred as against the human centredness of lower caste communities.
Archive 2009-04-01 kesav 2009
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It also points out that “the entire sects and subsects of South Indian brahmin population are totally vegetarians unlike certain brahmins of other parts of India.”
Caste-based communities on Orkut mirror India's splintered society 2009
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