Mahabharata Ramayana Brahmanas.
But the religious revival also increased the power and arrogance of the Brahmanas.
The sultan ordered that all Brahmanas and learned Hindus should become Musalmans
or leave the valley.
These rules, as prescribed by the Brahmanas, were accepted by the rulers of large kingdoms.
In other words land grants to the Brahmanas were the most striking development in this direction.
It says that in Canton itself there were three brahmana temples in which Indian Brahmanas resided.
Brahmanas were appointed for providing bed and food to the Hindu travelers, and grains for their horses.
The Brahmanas were exercising a tremendous control over the social
and religious life of the people of the time.
During the fourth century the Gupta rulers established political control
over north Bengal and began to settle Brahmanas in this area.
It may be mentioned that the Brahmanas of that time were the repositories of culture
and education and were held in highest esteem.
The bhaktas were highly pleased. The smartha Brahmanas became jealous of Nimai Pandita's success
and complained to Chand Kazi against the character of Chaitanya as un-Hindu.
The first priority in India, therefore,
was to free the poor Hindus from the stranglehold of the Brahmanas and destroy the places where evil spirits were worshipped.
The first priority in Bharat, therefore,
was to free the poor Hindus from the stranglehold of the Brahmanas and destroy the places where evil spirits were worshiped.
Brahmanas were not allowed to eat nonvegetarian food,
but the popularity of fish in the local diet made the Brahmanical authorities relax this prohibition for the Bengal Brahmanas.
The four Vedas, their commentaries the Brahmanas, the appendices of the Brahmanas known as the Aranyakas
and Upanishads are regarded by many as the revealed scriptures of the Hindus.
The complexities of the Vedic religion and the autocratic control of the priestly class, that is, the Brahmanas, made thoughtful people to seek for a simpler, intelligible religion.