Comments on: Where Do Brahmins Come From?

By: X.T.M

X.T.M — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:20:04 +0000

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By: formerly brown

formerly brown — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:47:48 +0000

my comments?

By: formerly brown

formerly brown — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:02:14 +0000

In reply to Ace of Spades.

there is no distinction. the ‘purohit’ has in his work peppered with vedic mantras, cherry picked from veda samhitas and upanishads. the work of the purohit cannot stand independent of vedas and its study. in the ramayana, mahabharata and other puranic episodes there is no such distinction.

a systematic study of vedas, vedangas, tarka etc is a serious thing and needs to be supported either by the society or the rulers. hence they are relatively in small numbers.

this is the case even today. students are trained for 12 years not only in reciting vedas, but in all other subjects including sanskrit. many of these students, easily pass the secular b a and m a degrees.

of late since the hindu middle class has more money, the practice of conducting large worships has increased and thus, the purohit line appears in lime light.

By: Ace of Spades

Ace of Spades — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:44:34 +0000

No, it’s actually much further east, although the precise location remains unclear. There is a broad consensus among Vedic scholars that the family books of the Rigveda (Books 2 to 8), represent the oldest layer of the Veda. These texts were created while the Vedic Aryans were in the Punjab region. During that period, the Aryan priestly class referred to themselves using terms like Purohit and Vipra. Notably, the term Brahmin, along with essential concepts of Brahmanism—such as Ahimsa, enlightenment, meditation, and Atman—are completely absent from this layer. During the middle Vedic period, after the Vedic Aryans began their migration to the east, we see them learning and internalising these ideas.

Kannauj emerged as a significant hub for Vedic/Purohit Brahmins later on. However, as you pointed out in your article, by that time the Vedic Aryans had already expanded across a vast region, leading to the establishment of many other centers.

By: X.T.M

X.T.M — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:11:06 +0000

In reply to Ace of Spades. Fascinating and where did this encounter happen; Punjab or Kannauj?

By: Ace of Spades

Ace of Spades — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:57:27 +0000

We should clarify the distinction between the original Brahmins and the Purohit
Brahmins. Purohit Brahmins came into existence during the middle Vedic period
when the Vedic priestly class encountered Brahmanism and largely converted to a
diluted version of it. The original Brahmanism, alongside Buddhism,
eventually faded away, meaning that all contemporary Brahmins in
India are essentially Purohit Brahmins. However, this does not imply
that Brahmins originated from Vedic culture. It would be akin
to claiming that Buddhism originated from Western India simply because
the ancestors of today’s Indian Ambedkarite Buddhists hail from that region.