Brahman

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Alternative forms

• Brāhman

Etymology

From Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (bráhman).

Proper noun

Brahman

1. (Hinduism) A concept of Hinduism. Brahman is 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.
2. (dated) a Brahmin
   • "At this, Virāṭa was enraged and said to Yudhiṣṭhira, 'O Brāhman, you speak as though my son and this eunuch are equals.'" (Mahābhārata: "Virāṭa Parva")

Synonyms

• Brahma, Brahmin, Brahmana

Derived terms

• Brahmanic
• Brahmanical
• Brahmanism
• Brahmin
• Brahmaputra

Translations

concept of Hinduism

• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: ব্রাহ্মণ (bn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 婆羅門 (cmn), 婆罗门 (cmn) (póluómén), 梵 (cmn) (fàn)

• Finnish: brahma (fi)
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: ब्राह्मण (hi) (brāhmaṇ) m
• Japanese: ブラフマン (ja) (burafuman)
• Kannada: please add this translation if you can

• Korean: 브라만 (ko) (beuraman)
• Marathi: please add this translation if you can
• Oriya: ବ୍ରହ୍ମ (or)
• Persian: برهمن (fa) (brahman)
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: брахман (ru) (braxmán) m
• Telugu: బ్రాహ్మణుడు (braahmaNuDu)
• Urdu: براہمن (ur) (brāhmaṇ) m

Brahmin — see Brahmin

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• Georgian: ბრაჰმანი (ka) (brahmani)
• Hebrew: ברהמן (he)
• Hindi: ब्रह्म (hi)
• Icelandic: Bramíni (is)
• Lithuanian: Brahmanas (lt)
• Malayalam: ബ്രഹ്മം (ml) (kriya)
• Portuguese: brâman (pt) m
• Sanskrit: ब्रह्मन् (sa) (bráhman)
• Tamil: பிரம்மம் (ta) (pirammam), பிரமம் (ta) (piramam)