Get to know Brahmin better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like brahman or brahma.
Brahmin meaning
- A member of the Hindu priestly caste, one of the four varnas or social groups based on occupation in ancient Hindu society.
- One who has realized or attempts to realize Brahman, i.e. God or supreme knowledge.
- A scholar, teacher, priest, intellectual, researcher, scientist, knowledge-seeker, or knowledge worker.
Synonyms of Brahmin
Using Brahmin
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of the Hindu priestly caste, one of the four varnas or social groups based on occupation in ancient Hindu society. | One who has realized or attempts to realize Brahman, i.e. God or supreme knowledge. | A scholar, teacher, priest, intellectual, researcher, scientist, knowledge-seeker, or knowledge worker.
- Useful related words include: brahman, bos indicus, brahma, varna.
- In the example corpus, brahmin often appears in combinations such as: the brahmin, as brahmin, boston brahmin.
Context around Brahmin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Brahmin
- In this selection, "brahmin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, boston, triangular, singular, warrior, isaivellalar and obsession stand out and add context to how "brahmin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a gaur brahmin boy seemed and a non brahmin. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "brahmin" sits close to words such as aarhus, abdu and abetted, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with brahmin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They must be thinking of the Boston Brahmin version because no. (11 words)
The WhatsApp group, interestingly, has several senior Brahmin party leaders as members. (12 words)
Dr. Ambedkar could not take an anti-Brahmin stand as comprehensively as he wanted. (14 words)
Drawn largely from the Bunt, Jain and Brahmin communities, they pump in money, organising skills and pride into 18 kambalas held from November to March in the villages of Tulu Nadu, a region that includes coastal Karnataka and this corner of Kerala. (42 words)
The origin of the 13 Akharas can be traced back to the forces organised by Adi Shankaracharya, who gathered young individuals from intellectual Brahmin and warrior Kshatriya backgrounds to form a defense for the nation and its culture. (38 words)
In 8th Vikrmi Samvant, Rishi Bodh Raj Dutt – one of Mohyal brahmin along with his younger brother Rishi Dev Raj Dutt travelled to Bhadarwah (Erstwhile: Bhaderkashi), Jammu and Kashmir from Kanjroor Dutta for mediation purpose. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Born as a Brahmin, he carried traits of a Kshatriya and was regarded as a Brahmin Warrior.
He is, therefore, someone who has lived with Carnatic music from its times as a triangular (Brahmin, isaivellalar and devadasi) social preoccupation to its present singular Brahmin obsession.
But it should not appear surprising on either, where I stumbled upon the profile of this person, whose condition of her match being a “Gaur Brahmin boy” seemed non-negotiable.
Congress leader Pushpendra Bhardwaj said the Congress and BJP each should give tickets to 30 Brahmin leaders in the upcoming assembly elections.
Dr. Ambedkar could not take an anti-Brahmin stand as comprehensively as he wanted.
Members of the Goswami community belong to the Hindu Varna system’s Kulin Brahmin caste.
Silicon Valley’s billionaire brahmin class have long been obsessed with health and fitness and, lately, more and more of them seem to be toying with the idea of living forever.
They must be thinking of the Boston Brahmin version because no.
Known as a prominent Brahmin leader, Pathak is the party’s star campaigner in the ongoing general election.
The origin of the 13 Akharas can be traced back to the forces organised by Adi Shankaracharya, who gathered young individuals from intellectual Brahmin and warrior Kshatriya backgrounds to form a defense for the nation and its culture.
Drawn largely from the Bunt, Jain and Brahmin communities, they pump in money, organising skills and pride into 18 kambalas held from November to March in the villages of Tulu Nadu, a region that includes coastal Karnataka and this corner of Kerala.
For example, Sundar Pichai (CEO of Google) and Indra Nooyi (former CEO of Pepsico) are both Tamil Brahmin Americans.
In 8th Vikrmi Samvant, Rishi Bodh Raj Dutt – one of Mohyal brahmin along with his younger brother Rishi Dev Raj Dutt travelled to Bhadarwah (Erstwhile: Bhaderkashi), Jammu and Kashmir from Kanjroor Dutta for mediation purpose.
Many were surprised when he conquered even a state under Brahmin rule — given Hindu soldiers’ refusal to fight here, Varma carted in Muslims and Christians.
The WhatsApp group, interestingly, has several senior Brahmin party leaders as members.
Asked why they opted for a Muslim girl, Dutta said: “Nowhere is it written in the scriptures that a Kumari can’t be a non-Brahmin.
Last year, a priest of the temple had claimed that while visiting the famous Brahma temple in Pushkar in Rajasthan, Rahul Gandhi had offered ‘puja’ and also revealed his ‘gotra’ as Kashmiri Kaul Brahmin.
Nixon then appointed Boston Brahmin Elliot Richardson as attorney general in hopes of easing the pressure on Watergate.
Owned by the Gujarati Brahmin community, the trust managers claim that their gates are always open for their Muslim brothers.
Prasada said that he has been invited by an organisation named ‘Brahmin Chetna Parishad’ on Friday in Lucknow where its members would share the “fears and problems” faced by the community before him.
Common combinations with brahmin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: