Definition of Brahman. Meaning of Brahman. Synonyms of Brahman

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Definition of Brahman

Brahman
Brahman Brah"man, Brahmin Brah"min, n.; pl. Brahmans, Brahmins. [Skr. Br[=a]hmana (cf. Brahman worship, holiness; the God Brahma, also Brahman): cf. F. Brahmane, Brachmane, Bramine, L. Brachmanae, -manes, -mani, pl., Gr. ?, pl.] A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindoos. Brahman bull (Zo["o]l.), the male of a variety of the zebu, or Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindoos.

Meaning of Brahman from wikipedia

- In Hinduism, Brahman (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मन्; IAST: Brahman) connotes the highest universal principle, the Ultimate Reality of the universe. In major schools...
- Para Brahman or Param Brahman (Sanskrit: परब्रह्म, romanized: parabrahma) in Hindu philosophy is the "Supreme Brahman" that which is beyond all descriptions...
- The Brahman (also Brahma in the U.S.) is an American breed of zebuine-taurine hybrid beef cattle. It was bred in the United States from 1885 from cattle...
- Look up Brahman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Brahman is a term in Hinduism for the metaphysical ultimate reality, the highest unchanging Universal...
- The 1st Brahmans was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised at Oudh by Captain T Naylor in 1776 for service in the army of Nawab...
- to the idea that Brahman alone is ultimately real, while the transient phenomenal world is an illusory appearance (maya) of Brahman. In this view, jivatman...
- nirviśeṣa Brahman, or nirguṇa Brahman and is the Absolute of metaphysics. Aparā or Lower Brahman: The Brahman with qualities defined as aparā Brahman or saguṇa...
- culture of the Indus Valley. During the late Vedic period (1100–500 BCE) Brahmanism developed out of the Vedic religion, as an ideology of the Kuru-Panchala...
- "I am Brahman", or "I am Divine" (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.4.10 of the Yajur Veda) Prajñānaṁ Brahma (प्रज्ञानं ब्रह्म) - "Prajñāna is Brahman", or "Brahman...
- Indic text. Saguna Brahman (lit. "The Absolute with qualities") came from the Sanskrit saguṇa (सगुण) "with qualities, gunas" and Brahman (ब्रह्मन्) "the...