brahmana

/B R AA1 M AE1 N AH0/

noun

1
The brahmin varna in Hinduism. (Plural: brahmana.)
2
A brahmin; a member of the brahmana (sense 1).
“"'It was I who struck this wily brāhmaṇa' said Virāṭa." (Mahābhārata: "Virāṭa Parva")”
3
A prose text that explains aspects of the Vedas.

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