Brahman

See also: brahman and brahmán

English

Alternative forms

• Brāhman

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (bráhman). Doublet of flamen.

Noun

Brahman (plural Brahmans)

1. A breed of beef cattle from India.
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")

Alternative forms

• Brachman (obsolete)

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.

Alternative forms

• Brahma, Brahmin, Brahmana

Derived terms

• Brahmanic
• Brahmanical
• Brahmanism
• Brahmaputra
• Brahmin

 

Translations

concept of Hinduism

• Assamese: বামুণ (bamun)
• Bengali: ব্রাহ্মণ (brahmon)
• Chinese:

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

• Finnish: brahma
• French: Brahman
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: ब्रह्म (hi) (brahma)
• Indonesian: Brahma
• Irish: Bráman m
• Japanese: ブラフマン (burafuman)
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• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 브라만 (beuraman)
• Malayalam: ബ്രഹ്മം (ml) (brahmaṁ)
• Marathi: ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇ)
• Oriya: ବ୍ରହ୍ମ (or) (brôhmô)
• Persian: برهمن (fa) (brahman)
• Portuguese: Brahman m, Brâman m
• Punjabi: ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ m (brāmaṇ)
• Russian: брахма́н (ru) m (braxmán)
• Sanskrit: ब्रह्मन् (sa) (bráhman)
• Spanish: Brahman m
• Tamil: பிரம்மம் (pirammam), பிரமம் (ta) (piramam)
• Telugu: బ్రాహ్మణుడు (te) (brāhmaṇuḍu)

Brahmin — see Brahmin

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• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ბრაჰმანი (brahmani)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} ברהמן
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} Bramíni
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• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} Brahmanas

Anagrams

• Barnham, Branham

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Brahman m

1. Alternative spelling of Brâman