单词 | brahmanic |
释义 | Brahmanicadj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Brahmanism; of, relating to, or characteristic of Brahmins or the Brahmin class. Cf. Brahmanical adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > Hindu sects and groups > [adjective] > Brahmin Brahmanical1596 Brahminy1746 Brahmanic1772 Brahmic1838 Brahmanistic1871 1772 J. R. Forster in tr. L.-A. de Bougainville Voy. round World Pref. p. ix To purchase Hebrew, Persian, Braminic manuscripts. 1800 Star & Evening Advertiser 25 Jan. 2/3 The author..has shewn by his account of the Bramanic religion, that he is intimately acquainted with the Indian Philosophy. 1865 J. Murdock in tr. J. L. von Mosheim Inst. Eccl. Hist. 716 The corruption of the Brahminic religion. 1903 A. Lyall in Relig. Syst. of World (ed. 6) 114 It is the Brahmanic caste that has invented and keeps up the elaborate ceremonial and apparatus of the religion, and that studies and expounds the Hindu scriptures. 2016 P. Henry Journeys in Caribbean Thought 73 The first great schools of Indian philosophy emerged out of or in opposition to the beliefs and practices of Brahmanic spiritualism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adj.1772 |
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