brahmana
IPA: brˈɑmˈænʌ
Root Word: Brahmana
noun
- (Hinduism) Any of several ancient Hindu religious prose texts that explain the relationship of the Vedas to the sacrificial ceremonies.
- The brahmin varna in Hinduism. (Plural: brahmana.)
- A brahmin; a member of the brahmana (sense 1).
- A prose text that explains aspects of the Vedas.
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Examples of "brahmana" in Sentences
- Rama mentions it as a practice of the brahmanas.
- Even the kings are shudras and oppress the brahmanas.
- Once on a time a brahmana came to our house as a guest.
- Birbal grew up in a Brahmana household, educated but impoverished.
- He was liberal towards Brahmanas versed in the Vedas and the poor.
- The Aranyakas form part of both the Brahmana and Upanishad corpus.
- He adopted the disguise of a brahmana and came to visit Sudarshana.
- In the next birth the deer was born as the son of a pious Brahmana.
- Nila thereupon ordered the Brahmana to be punished according to law.
- But Shaktri insisted that, as a brahmana, he possessed the right of way.
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