brahmana

• “Indeed, a brahmana is the first-born of all creatures, the foremost of the four orders, the father and the master of all. ”

  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva

• “Indeed, a brahmana is the first-born of all creatures, the foremost of the four orders, the father and the master of all. ”

  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3

• “On the eleventh day for a close relative of a brahmana the house is purified, eleven brahmanas are fed and offerings are made to the deceased.”

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• “That is, evolving from a puny being or kshudra/shudra to a purna or integral state of brahmana who encompasses the whole brahmanda or cosmos in his consciousness.”

  Archive 2007-10-01

• “A purna or integral state of brahmana tusarnmohapatra Says: October 5, 2007 at 4:51 am”

  Archive 2007-10-01

• “With those three arrows sticking on his forehead, that brahmana looked beautiful like a three-peaked mountain washed with water in the season of rains.”

  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12

• “Those brahmacaris, with matted locks on their heads, have piled the funeral pyre of that brahmana with bows and darts and car-boxes, O Madhava!”

  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12

• “Beholding the forest, the heart of the brahmana became exceedingly agitated.”

  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12

• “Brahma cannot certainly reside in one that is not a brahmana. ”

  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12

• “Beholding Vasishtha thus brought before him by Sarasvati, Vishvamitra, filled with rage, began to look for a weapon wherewith to slay that brahmana.”

  The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12

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