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Brahman Common

Brahman has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family)

"a Boston brahman"

2

a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas

"originally all brahmans were priests"

3

the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category

4

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

5

Alternative form of brahmin (member of the Hindu priestly class).

6

A breed of beef cattle from India.

Proper Noun
1

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.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
aristocrat Hindu varna bovine
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
smarta zebu
Rhyming Words
man aman oman uman iman orman koman maman leman taman liman inman neman goman unman zaman numan raman daman ahman
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