brahman
IPA: brˈɑmʌn
Root Word: Brahman
noun
- A breed of beef cattle from India with a hump on the shoulder.
- (dated) A Brahmin
- (Hinduism) 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.
- Alternative form of brahmin (member of the Hindu priestly class). [A member of the Hindu priestly caste, one of the four varnas or social groups based on occupation in ancient Hindu society.]
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Examples of "brahman" in Sentences
- The brahman thus transmitted the Brahman.
- Vaishnavites propound the theory of Saguna Brahman.
- Beyond that is only the blissful residing in Brahman.
- Brahman as the Universal Self is unchanging and eternal.
- Brahman is the material and efficient cause of the universe.
- It is brahman, and there is no reason to call brahman divine.
- He re introduced the grant of stipends to the learned Brahmans.
- Brahman is both the efficient and the material cause of the world.
- Brahman is the transcendent and immanent Ultimate Reality of Hinduism.
- After a long and frustrating search, the Brahmans find the Bagaravats.
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