brahman

plural brahmans · alternative brāhman

1. alternativeAlternative form of brahmin (member of the Hindu priestly class).

plural Brahmans · alternative obsolete Brāhman · alternative obsolete Brachman

1. A breed of zebuine, beef cattle from India with a hump on the shoulder, drooping ears, and a prominent dewlap.

   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.

   1846 June 20, “Asiatic Society.—June 6.—The Earl of Aukland in the chair.”, in The Athenæum, number 973, page 632

2. datedA Brahmin

alternative Brahma · alternative Brahmin · alternative Brahmana · alternative Brāhman

1. HinduismThe 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.