梵化，是指低种姓（首陀罗）的人与贱民通过模仿高种姓（婆罗门）的行为来提升种姓。也是指一些民族吸收了印度教生活习惯。成为印度教中的种姓。

种姓原则上在人一生中不可改变，但如整个种姓不再从事受歧视的工作，素食与禁止寡妇再婚，则可以在四至五代提高种姓（泰米尔纳德邦有一些种姓成功了）。尼泊尔的一些佛教民族如尼瓦尔人、卡斯人与马嘉族也被印度教化。

Sanskritisation (Indian English) or Sanskritization (American English, Pakistani English, Oxford spelling) is a particular form of social change found in India. It denotes the process by which castes placed lower in the caste hierarchy seek upward mobility by emulating the rituals and practices of the upper or dominant castes. It is a process similar to passing in sociological terms. This term was made popular by Indian sociologist M. N. Srinivas in the 1950s, although earlier references to this process can be found in Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. A further illustration was his work in "The Aryanisation of India"