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Definition of Brahman

1. Noun. A member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family). "A Boston brahman"

2. Noun. A member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas. "Originally all brahmans were priests"

3. Noun. The highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category.

4. Noun. 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.

Definition of Brahman

1. n. A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindoos.

Definition of Brahman

1. Proper noun. (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 Universe. The nature of Brahman is described as transpersonal, personal and impersonal by different philosophical schools. ¹

2. Proper noun. (dated) a Brahmin ¹

3. Noun. A member of the first of the four castes of Hinduism, a sacerdotal class. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brahman

Bradypodidae Bradypus Bradypus tridactylus Braeden Braga Brage Bragg Bragg's law Bragg peak Bragg peaks

Bragg scattering Bragi Brahma Brahmacharya Brahmagupta's formula Brahman (current term) Brahmana Brahmanas Brahmanbaria District Brahmanical

Brahmanism Brahmapootra Brahmapootras Brahmaputra Brahmaputra River Brahmaputras Brahmas Brahmenism Brahmi Brahmic

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