84000 Glossary of Terms
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བྲམ་ཟེའི་རིགས། | Glossary of Terms
བྲམ་ཟེའི་རིགས།
bram ze’i rigs
brahmaṇavarṇa
- Term
Publications: 4
Translation by Fumi Yao
- Brahmin (caste)
- བྲམ་ཟེའི་རིགས།
- bram ze’i rigs
- brāhmaṇa
One of the four castes, that of the highly respected priestly caste of classical Indian society.
Translation by Gareth Sparham
- Brahmin caste
- བྲམ་ཟེའི་རིགས།
- bram ze’i rigs
- brahmaṇa varṇa
See “brahmin.”
Translation by Catherine Dalton
- Brahmin
- བྲམ་ཟེའི་རིགས།
- bram ze’i rigs
- brahmaṇavarṇa
The highest caste in traditional Indian society.
Translation by Gyurme Dorje
- Priestly class
- བྲམ་ཟེའི་རིགས།
- bram ze’i rigs
- brāhmaṇavarṇa
First of the four classes of traditional Indian society.