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Brahman
Brahman
English
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- Brāhman
Noun
Brahman (plural Brahmans)
- (dated) a Brahmin
- "At this, Virāṭa was enraged and said to Yudhiṣṭhira, 'O Brāhman, you speak as though my son and this eunuch are equals.'" (Mahābhārata: "Virāṭa Parva")
Proper noun
Brahman
- (Hinduism) A concept of Hinduism. Brahman is the unchanging, infinite, immanent, and transcendent reality which is the Divine Ground of all matter, energy, time, space, being, and everything beyond in this Universe. The nature of Brahman is described as transpersonal, personal and impersonal by different philosophical schools.
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concept of Hinduism
Brahmin — see Brahmin
brahman
brahman
English
Alternative forms
- brāhman
Noun
brahman (plural brahmans)
- A member of the first of the four castes of Hinduism, a sacerdotal class.