Brahmin

A Brahmin is a member of the Hindu priestly caste. The word is related to but not to be confused with Hindu religious conception of the transcendent and immanent supreme soul, "Brahman".

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The word Brahmin is said to literally mean One who has realised or attempts to realise Brahman. The traditional duties of this caste include studying Hindu religious scriptures of Vedas and preserving it in memory and transmitting it orally to the next generation. The priests of Hindu temples are also from this caste.

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The Brahmins were also an group of popular intellectual elites in Boston that included Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, and James Russell Lowell.

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