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Brahman
name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 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. Hinduism
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of brahmin (member of the Hindu priestly class). alt-of, alternative
- 2 A breed of beef cattle from India with a hump on the shoulder.
"The coins of this dynasty are all marked with the figures of the Brahman Bull and a horseman; and it is remarkable that this very Hindú device was retained by the Mohammedan sovereigns who reigned over the same countries."
- 3 any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding wordnet
- 4 A Brahmin dated
- 5 the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category wordnet
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- 6 a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas wordnet
- 7 a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family) wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Hindi ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇ) / Urdu براہمن (brāhman).
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (bráhman).
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (bráhman).
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