Brahmin
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A disillusioned, admittedly misanthropic Boston Brahmin, Lowell came to see himself as a scientist with the soul of a poet, or a poet with scientific instincts.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025
The authors describe how Irawati, a Chitpavan Brahmin from a traditionally vegetarian upper-caste Hindu community, bravely ate partially raw meat offered by a tribal leader she wished to study.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2025
In his 2021 book Woke Inc., he wrote about his family’s position as Brahmin, often considered the highest of Hindu castes.
From Slate • Nov. 9, 2023
Sawant, who identifies as a socialist, has acknowledged her own personal privilege, noting that she grew up in an upper-caste Hindu Brahmin household in India and witnessed caste discrimination first-hand.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2023
As another hour passed and the Brahmin could not sleep, he rose again, walked up and down, left the house and saw the moon had risen.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing Brahmin
Siddhartha
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Chapters 3–4
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History of India - Middle School and High School
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