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Brahman
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brahman brahmán
English
thumb|A herd of Brahman cattle in Costa Rica
Etymology
en sa बृह्
Borrowed from en sa ब्रह्मन् bráhman.
Pronunciation
en
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Brahman.wav Southern England
Noun
A breed of zebuine, beef cattle from India with a hump on the shoulder, drooping ears, and a prominent dewlap.
en The coins of this dynasty are all marked with the figures of the Brahman Bull and a horseman; and it is remarkable that this very Hindú device was retained by the Mohammedan sovereigns who reigned over the same countries. Asiatic Society.—June 6.—The Earl of Aukland in the chair. The Athenæum 1846-06-20 632 https://archive.org/details/sim_athenaeum-uk_1846-06-20_973/page/632 973 https://archive.org/details/sim_athenaeum-uk_1846-06-20_973
en dated A Brahmin
Alternative forms
en Brāhman Brachman obsolete
Translations
Brahmin
Proper noun
en 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 forms
en Brahma Brahmin Brahmana Brāhman
Derived terms
en Brahmanic Brahmanical Brahmanism Brahmaputra Brahmin
Translations
concept of Hinduism
Assamese: as বামুণ
Bengali: bn ব্রাহ্মণ, bn বামন, bn বামুন, bn বাউন, bn বেরামন
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 婆羅門 póluómén, cmn 梵 fàn
Finnish: fi brahma
French: fr Brahman
Gujarati: gu બ્રહ્મ m
Hindi: hi ब्रह्म
Indonesian: id Brahma
Irish: ga Bráman m
Japanese: ja ブラフマン burafuman
Kannada: kn
Korean: ko 브라만
Malayalam: ml ബ്രഹ്മം
Marathi: mr ब्राह्मण
Odia: or ବ୍ରହ୍ମ
Persian: fa برهمن brahman
Portuguese: pt Brahman m, pt Brâman m
Punjabi: pa ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ m
Russian: ru брахма́н m
Sanskrit: sa ब्रह्मन् bráhman
Spanish: es Brahman m
Tamil: ta பிரம்மம், ta பிரமம்
Telugu: te బ్రాహ్మణుడు
Georgian: ka ბრაჰმანი
Hebrew: he ברהמן
Icelandic: is Bramíni
Lithuanian: lt Brahmanas
Anagrams
en aabhmnr Barnham Branham
en God Gods Cattle
Portuguese
Proper noun
m
pt Brâman