Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of several ancient Hindu religious prose texts that explain the relationship of the Vedas to the sacrificial ceremonies.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One of the prose portions of the Vedas, which contain injunctions for the performance of sacrifices, and explain their origin and the occasions on which the mantras had to be used, sometimes adding illustrations and legends, and sometimes mystical and philosophical speculations.
Wiktionary
- n. Hinduism Any of several ancient Hindu religious prose texts that explain the relationship of the Vedas to the sacrificial ceremonies.
WordNet 3.0
- n. prose works attached to the Samhitas instructing the bahmins to perform the very elaborate sacrificial rituals
Etymologies
- From Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brā́hmaṇa) (Wiktionary)
- Sanskrit Brāhmaṇam, from neuter of brāhmaṇa-, brahminical; see Brahman. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“He is called a Brahmana in whom are truth, gifts, abstention from injury to others, compassion, shame, benevolence, [564] and penance.”
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
“The ordinances declare that the Brahmana is the foremost of all creatures.”
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
“Whether he does or does not achieve anything else, if he devotes himself to the study of the Vedas, he becomes (by that) known as a Brahmana or the friend of all creatures.”
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
“He only who performeth the Agnihotra and hath his senses under control, is called a Brahmana! ”
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3
“For these and other reasons, a Brahmana is the adored of the virtuous.”
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3
“As a Brahmana is the foremost of all bipeds, a cow, the foremost of all quadrupeds, a protector, the foremost of all superiors, so is the son the foremost of all objects, agreeable to the touch.”
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva
“The killing of a Brahmana is the highest sin, and there is no expiation for it.”
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva
“Do that, O Brahmana, which is proper to be done towards either that tiger among the Kurus, viz.,”
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7
“The period during which they continued this ritualistic development is known as the Brahmana period.”
“The Brahmana is the foremost of all two-legged beings.”
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
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