Brahmins and Purity Brahmin priest On the difference between Brahmin, Brahman and Brahma: 1) Brahmin refers to a person who belongs to the priest caste, the highest caste in Hindu society. 2) Brahman describes the Absolute, the Supreme Reality of the Vedanta philosophy. The word Brahma can refer to the creator god Brahma — one of the Hindu Trinity along with Shiva and Vishnu — or the first being created with every new cycle. Members of the highest priestly castes, the Brahmins, are ... Brahmin Castes in India Brahmin Castes in India have been divided in different communities. The two popular divisions in India are the North Indian Brahmins and the South Indian Brahmins. Notes and References 1 Tribe (Lat., tribus: the tripartite division of Romans into Latins, Sabines, and Etruscans), a social group bound by common ancestry and ties of consanguinity and affinity; a common language and territory; and characterized by a political and economic organization intermediate between small, family-based bands, and larger chiefdoms. Some anthropologists believe that tribes developed when more stable and increased economic productivity, brought on by the domestication ... Brahmin Explained Brahmin (; sa|ब्राह्मण|brāhmaṇa) is a varna (caste) within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra.
