vaidika

Japanese: vaidika
vaidika

...the religion and social ideology that is the precursor and core of Hinduism. The word "Brahmanism" is a modern English coinage, but the Sanskrit word that has the closest meaning to it is probably "vaidika" (something derived from the Vedas). In other words, it is safe to say that Brahmanism is the religion of the Vedas.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "vaidika" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ヒンドゥー教の前身で,しかもその核となっている宗教,社会思想。〈バラモン教Brahmanism〉という語は近代になってからの英語の造語であるが,これに最も近い意味をもつサンスクリットは,おそらく〈バイディカvaidika〉(ベーダに由来するものごと)である。つまり,バラモン教とはベーダの宗教であるといってさしつかえない。…

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