Brahmanical

English

Alternative forms

• Brahmanic
• Brahminic
• Brahminical

Etymology

Brahman +‎ -ical

Adjective

Brahmanical (comparative more Brahmanical, superlative most Brahmanical)

1. Of or pertaining to the Brahman
2. Of or pertaining to the Brahmins or their doctrines or worship.
   • 2000, Sue Hamilton, Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction, OUP 2001, p. 18:

     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.