The Bramins relate, that the fifteen worlds which compose the universe were each produced by a part of Brama's body.
They are not unlike the beads Belzoni found in the mummy pits in Egypt, and they closely resemble some of the many kinds of beads with which the Bramins have counted their muntras time immemorial.
But of late the bramins have become so very religious, that they never fail to execute this duty themselves.
The inhabitants of this country are mostly idolaters, over whom the bramins or priests exercise great authority, which they much abuse, of which the following abominable custom is a strong instance.
Besides this, the bramins frequent the company of the women so much, that no one of their religion can pretend to know his own father with any certainty.
Savitri, who with fervid zeal Had said her orisons sublime, And fed the Bramins and the birds, Now ministered.
Fled at such edicts, self-exiled, The Bramins and the pundits wise, To live thenceforth in forests wild, Or caves in hills that touch the skies.
Upon the fourteenth of the moon, As nearer came the time of dread, In Joystee, that is May or June, She vowed her vows and Bramins fed.
Such was the conduct of all the priests of antiquity, and is still that of the Bramins and Lamas who are the exact counterpart of the Egyptian priests.
Footnote 10: On the margin of this river the Bramins burn their dead; it was infested by numbers of alligators when I left it, though there were none when I first went to it: they are not formidable, being remarkably timid.
Several poor Bramins were with us in heavy leg-irons, and in that condition forced to walk, or stride rather, as fast as their unfeeling guards could make them go.
The Bramins had a spot also, directly under the fort walls, containing a great number of very fine fish, which were daily fed by them; but doubtless they also have long since been destroyed by some of John Bull’s sons.
Usually when five or six are slain of either side, the Bramins interpose to stop the fight, and a retreat is sounded at their instance.
When any one of the royal blood dies, the king sends for all the bramins or priests in his dominions, and commands them to mourn for a whole year.
The reason of examining this matter was, that many of the bramins refused to embrace the Christian faith, because obliged to renounce these threads.
After which the Bramins speak to the adverse kings, and generally succeed to make up matters without any battle or farther slaughter.
Some tribes in the East, and the caste of Bramins in India, live entirely on vegetable food.
The Bramins of Hindostan, who live on exceedingly simple food, are long livers, even in a hot and exhausting climate.
Those Bramins who abstain most scrupulously from the flesh of animals attain to the greatest longevity.
The Budhist religion is by many deemed of higher antiquity than what is now called the Braminical; and it seems generally admitted, that the followers of Budh were driven by the Bramins to the extremes of Asia and the islands adjacent.
Next morning, however, he learnt from two bramins that the zamorin had withdrawn with all his army into the island of Repelim.
This zamorin or king of Calicut was a bramin, as his predecessors had been, the bramins being priests among the Malabars.
His princes and nobles endeavoured to dissuade him from this resolution, but he continued firm to his purpose, and went into the torcul or religious state of seclusion, accompanied by some of his chief bramins or chaplains.
The king then embraces the young nayre, saying aloud in their language, "Take good care to defend the Bramins and their kine.
Lac is westwards from the shrine of St Thomas, from whence the Bramins have their original, who are the honestest merchants in the world, and will not lie on any account.
The fish here alluded to are sharks; and the same custom of employing bramins to defend the fishermen, by conjuration, against this formidable enemy, is continued to the present day.
The Bramins claim that they alone now have preserved their lineage in its purity.
The criminal code is extremely rude; no proportion is observed between the crime and the penalty, and offences against Bramins or religion are excessively penalised.
They talk of four books which were sent them about 6000 years ago by their prophet Ram, two of which were sealed up and might not be opened, the other two being read by the Bramins only.
The 12th of June a resolution was taken that Sultan Churrum should go to the wars in the Deccan, and a day was fixed for his setting out on his journey, for which all the Bramins were consulted.
Their bramins are esteemed exceedingly holy, and have the charge of their pagodas or idol temples, having alms and tithes for their maintenance; yet they marry, and follow occupations, being good workmen and ready to learn any pattern.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bramins" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
