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Brahman (Brahmin) refers to the priestly category of Hindus. Though only a small minority of the Indian population, Brahmans hold the highest position in the caste system because of their extreme purity and sacerdotal profession. Some also live outside...
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Liberation in Indian Philosophy The concept of liberation presupposes someone's state of bondage and anticipates the possibility of his or her release into a state of freedom. From the philosophical perspective bondage marks the human...
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Brahman The origin and meaning of the term brahman are shrouded in mystery. Using the verbal root √bṛh , Western Indological scholars derive such meanings as "sacred magical power" (Hermann Oldenberg), "form,...
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Causation in Indian Philosophy Summary
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Causation in Indian Philosophy Indian philosophical theories, from their earliest speculative cosmologies and explorations of the nature of human existence—in the Vedas and Upanisads, whose compositions were completed by roughly the first half...
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This page deals with the Hindu concept of The Supreme Reality. For other uses of this word and similar words, see Brahman (disambiguation) . For the Hindu priestly Varna , see Brahmin . This article contains Indic text . Without rendering support , you...
 


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Rao, Raja
12/31/2006: 308 words, approx. 1 pages
Indian novelist and short-story writer (b. Nov. 8, 1908, Hassan, Mysore [now Karnataka ], British India—d. July 8, 2006, Austin, Texas ), was, with R.K. Narayan and Mulk Raj Anand , one of the pioneers of English-language fiction in India . Rao placed a greater...


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