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Since brahmins pursued learning of the Vedas in this manner, they were known as rigvedi (an expert on the Rig Veda with a deep knowledge of Rigveda Samhita and its related granthas), Yajurvedi (n expert on the Yajurveda) and so on.
- ↑ Maharashtra, Land and Its People. Gazetteers Department, Government of Maharashtra. 2009. p. 45.
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