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Brahmanism, as a book category, encompasses works on the Vedic and post-Vedic priestly traditions of South Asia—often termed the Brahmanical or Vedic tradition—including studies and translations of the Vedas, Brāhmaṇas, Āraṇyakas, and Upaniṣads; manuals of ritual and law (śrauta, gṛhya, dharmaśāstra); and the development of orthodox philosophy (Mīmāṃsā, Vedānta). Titles may examine ritual practice and authority, temple and domestic worship, cosmology and metaphysics (Brahman, dharma, karma), social organization (varṇa-jāti), and the historical evolution of these traditions into classical Hinduism, as well as interactions with Buddhism and Jainism. The category also includes ethnographies of Brahmin communities, intellectual histories, and modern critiques, reform movements, and debates. Because the term “Brahmanism” is historically loaded and contested, many books will also reflect on the label itself and use alternatives such as “Brahmanical traditions” or “Vedic religion.”

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