Brahmin

Summary

Brahmin is a caste^[1]. Brahmin ranks in the top 2% of caste entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,105 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Brahmin's instance of is recorded as caste^[3].
• Brahmin's Commons category is recorded as Brahmins^[4].
• Brahmin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Brahmins^[5].
• Brahmin's facet of is recorded as Hinduism^[6].
• Brahmin's facet of is recorded as caste system in India^[7].
• Brahmin's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[8].
• Brahmin's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[9].
• Brahmin's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[10].
• Brahmin's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[11].
• Brahmin's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• Brahmin's described by source is recorded as Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Brāhman^[13].
• Brahmin's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Sanskrit^[14].
• Brahmin's next lower rank is recorded as kshatriya^[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Brahmin's instance of is recorded as caste^[3].

Influence

Things named for Brahmin include Indotyphlops braminus^[16], a taxon^[17] and Ramphotyphlops braminus^[18], a taxon^[19].

Why It Matters

Brahmin ranks in the top 2% of caste entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,105 views/month).^[2] Brahmin has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] Brahmin is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]

Entities named for Brahmin include Indotyphlops braminus^[16], a taxon^[17] and Ramphotyphlops braminus^[18], a taxon^[19].