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Brahmana

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Brahmana

Summary

Brahmana ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (407 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Brahmana is a type of Hindu text[2].
  • Brahmana's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Brahmanas[3].
  • Brahmana's earliest date is recorded as 900 BC[4].
  • Brahmana's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[5].
  • Brahmana's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6].
  • Brahmana's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sa', 'text': 'ब्राह्मणम्'}[7].
  • Brahmana's different from is recorded as Brahmana[8].

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Definition and Type

Brahmana is a type of Hindu text[2].

Why It Matters

Brahmana ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (407 views/month).[1] Brahmana has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] Brahmana is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . en.wikipedia.org. en.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Theknightwho · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Brahmanas
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → Hindu text
    Different from → Brahmana
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q139822891]]"
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