All 3 Uses of
Brahmin
in
Leaves of Grass
- …I shall come again upon the earth after five thousand years, Waiting responses from oracles, honoring the gods, saluting the sun, Making a fetich of the first rock or stump, powowing with sticks in the circle of obis, Helping the llama or brahmin as he trims the lamps of the idols, Dancing yet through the streets in a phallic procession, rapt and austere in the woods a gymnosophist, Drinking mead from the skull-cap, to Shastas and Vedas admirant, minding the Koran, Walking the…†
Chpt 3
- I see the place of the idea of the Deity incarnated by avatars in human forms, I see the spots of the successions of priests on the earth, oracles, sacrificers, brahmins, sabians, llamas, monks, muftis, exhorters, I see where druids walk'd the groves of Mona, I see the mistletoe and vervain, I see the temples of the deaths of the bodies of Gods, I see the old signifiers.†
Chpt 6 *
- …are facing—you Libertad! from your Western golden shores, The countries there with their populations, the millions en-masse are curiously here, The swarming market-places, the temples with idols ranged along the sides or at the end, bonze, brahmin, and llama, Mandarin, farmer, merchant, mechanic, and fisherman, The singing-girl and the dancing-girl, the ecstatic persons, the secluded emperors, Confucius himself, the great poets and heroes, the warriors, the castes, all, Trooping up,…†
Chpt 18
Definition:
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(Brahmin as in: Brahmin caste) the highest caste of Hindu society -- responsibility for maintaining and communicating cultural tradition; hence providing priests, scholars and teachers
or: any member of that casteeditor's notes: Word Confusion: Brahmin is often confused with Brahman (concept of the supreme spirit found in Hinduism) because in Sanskrit they are spelled "bráhman" and "brahmán" respectively.