དགེ་སྦྱོང་དང་བྲམ་ཟེ། | Glossary of Terms
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དགེ་སྦྱོང་དང་བྲམ་ཟེ།
- dge sbyong dang bram ze
- śramaṇabrāhmaṇa
- Term
- mendicants and brahmins
- དགེ་སྦྱོང་དང་བྲམ་ཟེ།
- dge sbyong dang bram ze
- śramaṇabrāhmaṇa
A stock phrase used to refer broadly to two distinct systems of spiritual practice and religious orientation in early India. The term “mendicants” (śramaṇa; dge sbyong) refers to a person who follows religious systems that focus on asceticism, renunciation, and monasticism. Buddhism and Jainism, among numerous other such systems, are considered śramaṇa traditions. The term brahmin refers to a person who follows the Vedic tradition and its correlate religious systems that feature the ritual worship of brahmanical deities within the context of a householder lifestyle.