brahmanical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

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"First, the milieu of north India at this period was dominated by the Brahmanical tradition, and it remained the only tradition to secure a lasting hegemonic grip on the country's socio-religious structure."

Etymology tree English Brahman Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English Brahmanical From Brahman + -ical.

more Brahmanical (comparative) most Brahmanical (superlative) Brahmaic (alternative) Brahmanic (alternative) Brahminic (alternative) Brahminical (alternative)

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What does brahmanical mean?

Of or pertaining to the Brahman

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