Brahmins

Examples

• Here, on the night when the shrine was completed, Vishnu the Preserver appeared to the three Brahmins in a dream. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• And the Brahmins knelt and hid their faces in their robes. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• And the Brahmins caused the prophecy to be written over the gates of the shrine in letters of gold. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The exceptions occurring among Brahmins or Mahometans or the ancient Persians, are of that sort which may be said to prove the rule. Plato. The Republic.
• The Brahmins, who had the monopoly of teaching among the Hindus, had all the conceit and slackness of hereditary privilege. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They were Brahmins (he said) who had forfeited their caste in the service of the god. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The Moslem teachers and the Brahmins were alike alarmed, and the British were blamed for the progress of mankind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Quite early in its career Buddhism came into conflict with the growing pretensions of the Brahmins. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There was no literature except the oral tradition of the Vedas, and that was chiefly monopolized by the Brahmins; there was even less knowledge. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Unless, after long experience, I am utterly mistaken, those men are high-caste Brahmins. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The caste system Yuan Chwang found fully established in spite of Buddha, and the Brahmins were now altogether in the ascendant. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And the Brahmins heard, and bowed before his will. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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