2025年1月21日 · Brahmanism, ancient Indian religious tradition that emerged from the earlier Vedic religion, emphasizing the status of the Brahman, or priestly, class, in contrast to the later form of Hinduism that stressed devotion to particular deities such as Shiva and Vishnu.

Brahmanism, also called Brahminism or Brahmanical Hinduism, developed out of the Vedic religion, incorporating non-Vedic religious ideas, and expanding to a region stretching from the northwest Indian subcontinent to the Ganges valley.

2021年9月29日 · Brahmanism (also known as Vedic Religion) is the belief system that developed from the Vedas during the Late Vedic Period (c. 1100-500 BCE) originating in the Indus Valley Civilization after the Indo-Aryan Migration c. 2000-1500 BCE.

In Hinduism, Brahman (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मन्; IAST: Brahman) connotes the highest universal principle, the Ultimate Reality of the universe. [1][2][3] In major schools of Hindu philosophy, it …

2020年1月14日 · Brahmanism, also known as Proto-Hinduism, was an early religion in the Indian sub-continent that was based on Vedic writing. It is considered an early form of Hinduism. Vedic writing refers to the Vedas, the hymns of the Aryans, who if they actually did so, invaded in the second millennium B.C. Otherwise, they were the resident nobles.

2024年12月4日 · brahman, in the Upanishads (Indian sacred writings), the supreme existence or absolute reality. The etymology of the word, which is derived from Sanskrit, is uncertain.

2025年1月16日 · Brahman, highest ranking of the four varna s, or social classes, in Hindu India.

Brahmanism, an ancient religious tradition rooted in the Indian subcontinent, serves as one of the foundational pillars of what eventually evolved into modern Hinduism. Emerging from the early Vedic religion, Brahmanism revolves around the worship of Brahman—the ultimate reality or …

2018年5月14日 · Brahmanism the complex sacrificial religion that emerged in post-Vedic India (c.900 bc) under the influence of the dominant priesthood (Brahmans), an early stage in the development of Hinduism. It was largely as a reaction to Brahman orthodoxy that religions such as Buddhism and Jainism were formed.

Because the priestly class in the traditional Hindu society were called Brahmanas (Brahmins), and because of their influential role in preserving religious knowledge and rituals, the term "Brahmanism" was coined.