WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Brahma n, also spelled Brahmin, Sanskrit Brāhmaṇa (“Possessor of Brahma”), highest ranking of the four varnas, or social classes, in Hindu India.

Detailed explanation-2: -At the top of the hierarchy were the Brahmins who were mainly teachers and intellectuals and are believed to have come from Brahma’s head. Then came the Kshatriyas, or the warriors and rulers, supposedly from his arms. The third slot went to the Vaishyas, or the traders, who were created from his thighs.

Detailed explanation-3: -A hierarchical system wherein generally the Brahmins were at the head of the hierarchy, but this hierarchy was disputed in some cases. In various linguistic areas, hundreds of castes had a gradation generally acknowledged by everyone.

Detailed explanation-4: -Brahma, who is a Brahmin god, is also the prime originator of the ‘varna’ system which later solidified as the caste system. Brahmins used Brahma’s name as a pseudonym when they wrote the ‘vedas’. According to Ilaiah, “the Vedas are anti-Dalitbahujan texts.