Definition of Brahmin. Meaning of Brahmin. Synonyms of Brahmin

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Definition of Brahmin

Brahmin
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 Brahmin from wikipedia

- Brahmin (/ˈbrɑːmɪn/; Sanskrit: ब्राह्मण, romanized: brāhmaṇa) is a varna as well as a caste within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the Kshatriya...
- The Boston Brahmins or Boston elite are members of Boston's traditional upper class. They are often ****ociated with a cultivated New England or Mid-Atlantic...
- Look up brahmin or Brahmin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Brahmin is a varna (class) in Hinduism specialising as scholars, priests, teachers (acharya)...
- Saraswat Brahmins are Hindu Brahmins, who are spread over widely separated regions spanning from Kashmir and Punjab in North India to Konkan in West India...
- They prefer the alternate name, Vishwabrahmin, and claim themselves to be Brahmin or of high-status in the caste hierarchy, although these claims are not...
- Karnataka Brahmins or Carnatic Brahmins are Pancha Dravida Brahmin native to the Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka Brahmins fall under the Pancha Dravida...
- lineage of individuals belonging to the Brahmin in the Hindu Varna system.[page needed] In Hindu culture, the Brahmin considered to be one of the four major...
- Kanyakubja Brahmins are an endogamous Brahmin community mainly found in northern India. They are classified as one of the Pancha Gauda Brahmin communities...
- Punjabi Brahmins may refer to these Brahmin communities of Punjab: Saraswat Brahmins, a Brahmin community found throughout northern India including Punjab...
- Saryupareen Brahmins, also known as Sarvarya Brahmins, Sarjupar Brahmins or Saryupariya Brahmins, are Brahmins native to the eastern plain of the Sarayu...