brahmin
One who has realized or attempts to realize Brahman, i.e.
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“Brahmin” picks out both an ethnic group (endogamy &c) and a place in a caste hierarchy (“Boston Brahmin”). “White” is similarly ambiguous: both an American ethnic group (actually a meta-ethnic group comprising other…
Lakshmi Purohit criminals are still lying! Brahmin fraud network is using spyware on my phone. Post time only means freedom immediately for myself and Anna.
Lakshmi Purohit criminals are still lying! Brahmin fraud network is using spyware on my phone. Post time only means freedom immediately for myself and Anna.
As a premodernist I'm interested in the exam candidate-official and the managerial brahmin as prefigurations of the AI-sian American.
She asked my dad for a Brahmin purse and some money She asked me for gift cards to two of her favorite stores and money
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One who has realized or attempts to realize Brahman, i.e. God or supreme knowledge.
““Brahmin” picks out both an ethnic group (endogamy &c) and a place in a caste hierarchy (“Boston Brahmin”). “White” is similarly ambiguous: both an American ethnic group (actually a meta-ethnic group comprising other ethnic groups) and the group’s place in a caste hierarchy.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Lakshmi Purohit criminals are still lying! Brahmin fraud network is using spyware on my phone. Post time only means freedom immediately for myself and Anna.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Lakshmi Purohit criminals are still lying! Brahmin fraud network is using spyware on my phone. Post time only means freedom immediately for myself and Anna.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“As a premodernist I'm interested in the exam candidate-official and the managerial brahmin as prefigurations of the AI-sian American.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“She asked my dad for a Brahmin purse and some money She asked me for gift cards to two of her favorite stores and money”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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A member of the Hindu priestly caste, one of the four varnas or social groups based on occupation in ancient Hindu society.
Branching from the root of it all was New England Society. The original Nelson [W. Aldrich] became remembered as a patrician, a Brahmin.
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A scholar, teacher, priest, intellectual, researcher, scientist, knowledge-seeker, or knowledge worker.
Branching from the root of it all was New England Society. The original Nelson [W. Aldrich] became remembered as a patrician, a Brahmin.
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