In case your Hinduism is a little rusty, the Brahmans are the priest caste in traditional Hindu society. |
The usual mustering scene shows tawny grass and anthills and a mob of red Brahmans moving slowly along, but over the page are stockmen with baseball caps and heavy shades. |
At the top were the Brahmans, priests of the sacrificial religion and intellectuals. |
The drovers are off to bring in the Brahmans, Droughtmasters, Angus and Shorthorns. |
The appeal of wandering mendicant religious teachers like the Buddha lay partly in the contrast between their message and that of the Brahmans. |
And o'er sacred rights of homa Brahmans chant their mantra high, There is heard the jackal's wailing and the raven's ominous cry! |