Tantric Treasures
Subtitle: Three Collections of Mystical Verse from Buddhist India
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: March 5, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780195166408
First sentence: Brahmins: Members of the highest and "purest" of the four castes (Skt varna) of Hindu society, their traditional function was as ritual specialists, versed in the Vedas.