BRAHAMAISTS an adherent of Brahmanism, one of the three chief forms of deity worship in modern Hinduism.
BRAHMANISM (1) a term used in the West for orthodox Hinduism; (2) the worship of Brahmā as the creator god. The notion of a creator god plays a much smaller role in India than it does in the West. In the Vedas, Brahmā is rarely mentioned as creator. Rather, Prajāpati is named lord of the creation, and Brahmā is at times accorded equal status; both gods emerged from Hiranyagarbha. The Nāsādasīya, the renowned creation hymn from the Rigveda (the oldest Veda), states that the gods appeared only after the creation (10.129.6). Not until the development of the trimūrti, the Hindu trinity, which arose much later, is Brahmā venerated as a creator god; even here he shares his position with Vishnu, the maintainer, and Shiva, the destroyer, whereby each of the three takes a dominant role in turn, until Brahmā ultimately declines in importance.
Source: The Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion: Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Zen. Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Documents on the Brahmanism
Books on the Brahmanism
External links: Brahmanism / Puranas / Mahapuranas