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nounprose works attached to the Samhitas instructing the brahmins to perform the very elaborate sacrificial rituals
Definition that contains brahmana
- veda (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads
- brahmanism the religious beliefs of ancient India as prescribed in the sacred Vedas and Brahmanas and Upanishads
- brahminism the religious beliefs of ancient India as prescribed in the sacred Vedas and Brahmanas and Upanishads
- vedic literature (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads
- mimamsa (from the Sanskrit word for `reflection' or `interpretation') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints on ritual traditions rooted in the Vedas and the Brahmanas as opposed to Vedanta which relies mostly on the Upanishads
- aranyaka a treatise resembling a Brahmana but to be read or expounded by anchorites in the quiet of the forest
- vedanta (from the Sanskrit for `end of the Veda') one of six orthodox philosophical systems or viewpoints rooted in the Upanishads as opposed to Mimamsa which relies on the Vedas and Brahmanas