brahman

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{i} Brahma rahibi
(isim) Brahma rahibi
Turkish - Turkish
Hint kastlarında ilk kast
Bu kasttan olan kimse
English - English
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
a Brahmin
A member of the first of the four castes of Hinduism, a sacerdotal class
The God of Creation in Hinduism, part of the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Siva (Brahma is the Creator, Vishnu is the Preserver, and Siva is the Destroyer)
{i} member of the highest priestly caste among the Hindus (Hinduism)
see Brahmin. someone of the highest rank in the Hindu faith (brahmana , from brahman ). In the Upanishads, the eternal, infinite, and omnipresent spiritual source of the finite and changing universe. The schools of Vedanta differ in interpreting Brahman. The Advaita school defines Brahman as categorically different from any phenomenon, conceiving it as an absolute reality onto which human perceptions of differentiation are projected. The Bhedabheda school maintains that Brahman is not different from the world it produces. The Visistadvaita school holds that phenomenality is a glorious manifestation of Brahman. The Dvaita school maintains that both soul and matter are separate from and dependent on Brahman. or Brahmin Any member of the highest of the four varnas, or social classes, in Hindu India. Their existence as a priestly caste dates to the late Vedic period, and they have long been considered to be of greater ritual purity than members of other castes and alone to be capable of performing certain religious tasks, including preservation of the collections of Vedic hymns. Because of their high prestige and tradition of education, they dominated Indian scholarship for centuries. As the spiritual and intellectual elite, they advised the politically powerful warrior caste, and after Indian independence they supplied many heads of state. They still retain traditional privileges, though these are no longer legally sanctioned. Ritual purity is maintained through taboos, vegetarianism, and abstention from certain occupations. or zebu Any of several varieties of cattle that originated in India and were crossbred in the U.S. with improved beef breeds to produce the hardy beef animal known as the Santa Gertrudis. Similar blending in Latin America resulted in the breed known as Indo-Brazil. The Brahman is characterized by a pronounced hump over the shoulder and neck, horns that usually curve up and back, and drooping ears. Gray is the prevalent colour, with deep shading in the fore and rear quarters of the bull. A red strain has also been developed
the name given by Hindu teachers to the infinite (impersonal) divine reality from which all has emerged, and to which all will ultimately return
the highest of the four castes
a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family); "a Boston Brahman"
The Absolute, Whole
The spiritual essence of the universe The spiritual essence of the universe
Godhead The Absolute, the Supreme Reality, the Ultimate Reality, Truth or the Self of the Vedanta Philosophy are also used interchangeably for Brahman; See Sat-Chit-Ananda
a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas; "originally all brahmans were priests"
Ultimate reality, as Hinduism speaks of it, the ground and source of all that is Sometimes (particularly in the Upanishads) it is referred to as impersonal or transpersonal, beyond all name and form But some Hindu traditions identify it as the transcendent Godhead that chooses to manifest itself in a more personal form, say as Vishnu, Shiva, or the Goddess
the Absolute or ultimate reality
God the Absolute, beyond attributes or form The name is derived from the root brih meaning "to grow" or "to expand"
Hindu notion of the all-pervasive God who is identical to the self within us, especially as described in the Upanishads and Vedanta
the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category
any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant grayish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas; "originally all brahmans were priests"
The Brahmans of India have long maintained that they, by their birth, are worthy of the highest respect Buddhists borrowed the term "brahman" to apply to arahants to show that respect is earned not by birth, race, or caste, but by spiritual attainment through following the right path of practice Most of the verses in the Dhammapada use the word brahman in this special sense; those using the word in its ordinary sense are indicated in the notes
Supreme reality
the Hindu concept of an impersonal Supreme Being; the source and goal of everything
a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family); "a Boston Brahman
1)the individual soul 2)the impersonal, all pervasive aspect of the Supreme 3) the Supreme Personality of Godhead 4) the maha-tattva, or total material existence
The highest of the Four Castes in ancient India at the time of Shakyamuni They served Brahma, with offerings; the keepers of the Vedas, i e priestly caste
The universal soul, ie the All, as distinguished from the individual or personal soul (atman) In mainstream Hindu philosophy, Brahman = atman, so that every person has the potential to achieve Godhood
The Absolute; the Supreme Reality of Non-dualistic Vedanta
(The Creator of the Cosmos)
the primary subject matter of the Upanishads, the very essence or principle of ultimate reality; the Absolute; the uncreated creator Brahman is the neuter, or impersonal, form of Brahma
The transcendental ground of existence, or innermost essence of all reality In the Vedanta philosophy, Brahman is the Absolute, or sole reality
same as Brahma
also called Nirguna Brahman, this state of Voidness is regarded as the Unmanifest Being of God by Yogi Preceptors of the First Cosmic Initiation It is viewed seen as the goal of spiritual practice by the followers of the Yogi Preceptors Attained, it confers a Nirvana-like peace and blessedness upon the meditator In this Voidness, Cosmic Consciousness is revealed in its essential nature above its coverings
A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindoos
The Supreme soul of the universe underlying all existence, all pervading and infinite
Turkish - English
Brahman woman
Brahmani
woman of the Brahman class
brahman

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    Brah·man

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    Etymology

    (noun.) 15th century. From Sanskrit ब्रह्मन् (bráhman), from verbal root √bṛh (“to swell, grow, enlarge”).
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