From the beginning of creation, the three syllables--om tat sat--have been used to indicate the Supreme Absolute Truth [Brahman]. They were uttered by brahmanas while chanting Vedic hymns and ...

The presence of non-Aryan loan words, non-Aryan patrons, and “Dasiputra Brahmanas” in the Vedas testifies that Vedic culture contained diverse influences. Thapar rightly concludes that the second ...

According to the social historical theory, the origin of caste system finds its origin in the arrival of Aryans in India. The Aryans arrived in India in around 1500 BC.

II.Brahmanas remained important intermediaries between gods and devotees in several forms of bhakti. III.At a different level, historians of religion often classify bhakti traditions into two ...

In the later parts of the Vedas, like the Brahmanas and Upanishads, it is mentioned that ‘the devas gave up falsehood and adopted truth, while the asuras gave up truth and adopted falsehood’.

The Brahmanas demanded several privileges in the society, including those of receiving gifts and exemption from taxation and punishments. II. The Vaisyas were engaged in agriculture, ...