brāhmaṇa ब्राह्मण brā́hmaṇa mfn. relating to or given by a Brāhman, befitting or becoming a Brāhman, Brāhmanical, [AV.]; [TBr.]; [MBh.] brāhmaṇá m. one who has divine knowledge (sometimes applied to Agni), a Brāhman, a man belonging to the 1st of the 3 twice-born classes and of the 4 original divisions of the Hindū body (generally a priest, but often in the present day a layman engaged in non-priestly occupations although the name is strictly only applicable to one who knows and repeats the Veda), [RV.] &c. &c. = brāhmaṇācchaṃsin, [KātyŚr.] a Brāhman in the second stage (between Mātra and Śrotriya), [Hcat.] N. of the 28th lunar mansion, [L.] brā́hmaṇa n. that which is divine, the divine, [AV.] sacred or divine power, [ib.]; [ĀśvGṛ.] Brāhmanical explanation, explanations of sacred knowledge or doctrine (esp. for the use of the Brāhmans in their sacrifices), [Br.] the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda (as distinct from its Mantra and Upaniṣad portion) and consisting of a class of works called Brāhmaṇas (they contain rules for the employment of the Mantras or hymns at various sacrifices, with detailed explanations of their origin and meaning and numerous old legends; they are said by Sāyaṇa to contain two parts: 1. vidhi, rules or directions for rites; 2. artha-vāda, explanatory remarks; each Veda has its own Brāhmaṇa, that of the [RV.] is preserved in 2 works, viz. the Aitareya, sometimes called Āśvalāyana, and the Kauṣītaki or Śāṅkhāyana-Brāhmaṇa; the white Yajur-veda has the Śata-patha-Br°; the black Yajur-veda has the Taittirīya-Br° which differs little from the text of its Saṃhitā; the [SV.] has 8 Br°s, the best known of which are the Prauḍha or Pañca-viṃśa and the Ṣaḍviṃśa; the [AV.] has one Br° called Go-patha), [Nir.]; [GṛŚrS.] &c. the Soma vessel of the Brahman priest, [RV.]; [AV.] a society or assemblage of Brāhmans, a conclave, [W.] brāhmaṇaja ब्राह्मणज brāhmaṇa—ja mf(A)n., said of an Iṣṭi, [ĀpŚr.], Sch. (cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 101], Sch.) brāhmaṇa—ja n. = next, [MW.] brāhmaṇaka ब्राह्मणक m. a bad Brāhman, a Br° only by name, [MBh.] a country inhabited by warlike Br°, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 71] (°kīya mfn., [iv, 2, 104] Vārtt. 30; [Pat.]) brāhmaṇatā ब्राह्मणता brāhmaṇa—tā f. the rank or condition of a Br°, [AitBr.]; [Mn.] brāhmaṇaghna ब्राह्मणघ्न brāhmaṇa—ghna m. the killer of a Brāhman, [Mn. ix, 232.] brāhmaṇasāt ब्राह्मणसात् brāhmaṇa—sāt ind. to the Brāhmans (with √ kṛ, to present to or bestow on the Br°, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Kathās.]; with √ as, to belong to the Br°), [MBh.] brāhmaṇasva ब्राह्मणस्व brāhmaṇa—sva n. the property of Br°, [Āpast.] brāhmaṇatrā ब्राह्मणत्रा brāhmaṇa—trā ind. among the Br°, [Pāṇ. v, 4, 55], Sch. brāhmaṇatva ब्राह्मणत्व brāhmaṇa—tva n. = -tā, [Lāṭy.], Sch.; [Mallin.] brāhmaṇavat ब्राह्मणवत् brā́hmaṇa—vát mfn. connected with a Br°, [TS.] (brā́h°), possessed of or in accordance with a Brāhmaṇa, correct, [TBr.] brāhmaṇabhāva ब्राह्मणभाव brāhmaṇa—bhāva m. the rank or condition of a Br°, [L.] brāhmaṇadhana ब्राह्मणधन brāhmaṇa—dhana n. the fee bestowed on Br°, [Vait.] brāhmaṇacela ब्राह्मणचेल brāhmaṇa-cela m., ‘a bad Brahman’, [Pāṇ. vi, 3, 43], [Kāś.]; [Gaṇar. 114]; [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 126] brāhmaṇagṛha ब्राह्मणगृह brāhmaṇa—gṛha n. = -kula, [KātyŚr.], Sch. brāhmaṇahita ब्राह्मणहित brāhmaṇa—hita mfn. suitable to or fit for a Brāhman, [W.] brāhmaṇajāta ब्राह्मणजात brāhmaṇa—jātá n. ([ŚBr.]) the Brāhmanical caste or race brāhmaṇajāti ब्राह्मणजाति brāhmaṇa—jāti f. ([W.]) the Brāhmanical caste or race brāhmaṇakīya ब्राह्मणकीय mfn., [iv, 2, 104], Vārtt. 30; [Pat.] brāhmaṇakṛta ब्राह्मणकृत brāhmaṇa—kṛta m. N. of a man brāhmaṇakula ब्राह्मणकुल brāhmaṇa—kula n. the house of a Br°, [Gobh.] brāhmaṇapāla ब्राह्मणपाल brāhmaṇa—pāla m. N. of a prince, [L.] brāhmaṇapatha ब्राह्मणपथ brāhmaṇa—patha m. a Brāhmaṇa text, [RPrāt.], Sch. brāhmaṇasava ब्राह्मणसव brāhmaṇa—sava m. N. of a partic. sacrifice, [TBr.], Sch. brāhmaṇavadha ब्राह्मणवध brāhmaṇa—vadha m. the murder of a Brāhman, [Mn. xi, 89.] brāhmaṇavara ब्राह्मणवर brāhmaṇa—vara m. N. of a prince, [Kathās.] brāhmaṇavatī ब्राह्मणवती brā́hmaṇa—vatī (atī), f. N. of partic. Iṣṭakās, [Nyāyam.], Sch. brāhmaṇavidhi ब्राह्मणविधि brāhmaṇa—vidhi m. any injunction (contained) in a Brāhmaṇa work, [Kauś.] brāhmaṇayoni ब्राह्मणयोनि brāhmaṇa—yoni f. a Brāhman's form of existence, [ChUp.] brāhmaṇabhāṣya ब्राह्मणभाष्य brāhmaṇa—bhāṣya n. N. of wk. brāhmaṇabhakta ब्राह्मणभक्त brāhmaṇa—bhakta mfn. apportioned to Brāhmans, [JaimUp.] brāhmaṇabruva ब्राह्मणब्रुव brāhmaṇa—bruva m. ‘calling one's self a Brāhman’, a Br° only by name or a Br° who disgraces his caste, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (cf. dvija-bruva and brahma-bruvāṇa). brāhmaṇajuṣṭa ब्राह्मणजुष्ट brāhmaṇa—juṣṭa mfn. pleasing to Br°, [ŚāṅkhGṛ.] brāhmaṇakāmyā ब्राह्मणकाम्या brāhmaṇa—kāmyā f. love for Br°, [Mṛcch.] brāhmaṇakalpa ब्राह्मणकल्प brāhmaṇa—kalpa m. pl. the Brāhmaṇas and Kalpas (two kinds of Vedic texts), [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 105] brāhmaṇa—kalpa mfn. like a Brāhman, [AitBr.] brāhmaṇaliṅga ब्राह्मणलिङ्ग brāhmaṇa—liṅga mfn. resembling the texts called Brāhmaṇas (said of verses or formulas), [Kauś.] brāhmaṇapriya ब्राह्मणप्रिय brāhmaṇa—priya m. a friend of Br° (said of Viṣṇu), [Viṣṇ.] brāhmaṇaḍimbha ब्राह्मणडिम्भ brāhmaṇa—ḍimbha m. a Br° lad, young Br°, [Mālatīm.] brāhmaṇastuti ब्राह्मणस्तुति brāhmaṇa—stuti f. ‘praise of the Br°’, N. of ch. of [PurS.] brāhmaṇasvara ब्राह्मणस्वर brāhmaṇa—svara m. the accent usual in a Brāhmaṇa, [KātyŚr.], Sch. brāhmaṇavākya ब्राह्मणवाक्य brāhmaṇa—vākya n. = -vacana, [KātyŚr.], Sch. brāhmaṇavedam ब्राह्मणवेदम् brāhmaṇa—vedam ind. (to feed &c.) as many Brāhmans as one knows, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 29], Sch. brāhmaṇayajña ब्राह्मणयज्ञ brāhmaṇa—yajñá m. a sacrifice intended for Br°, [ŚBr.] a sacrifice offered by Br°, [MBh.] brāhmaṇayaṣṭī ब्राह्मणयष्टी brāhmaṇa—yaṣṭikā or brāhmaṇa—yaṣṭī, f. Clerodendrum Siphonantus, [L.] brāhmaṇabhojana ब्राह्मणभोजन brāhmaṇa—bhojana n. the feeding of Br° (as a religious act), [ṢaḍvBr.]; [GṛS.] brāhmaṇadārikā ब्राह्मणदारिका brāhmaṇa—dārikā f. a Br° girl, [Buddh.] brāhmaṇadravya ब्राह्मणद्रव्य brāhmaṇa—dravya n. the property of a Br°, [Mn. ix, 198.] brāhmaṇadveṣin ब्राह्मणद्वेषिन् brāhmaṇa—dveṣin mfn. hating Br°, [R.] brāhmaṇajātīya ब्राह्मणजातीय brāhmaṇa—jā°tīya mfn. belonging to it, [W.] brāhmaṇajīvikā ब्राह्मणजीविका brāhmaṇa—jīvikā f. the occupation or subsistence of, a Brāhman, [ib.] brāhmaṇakāraka ब्राह्मणकारक brāhmaṇa—kāraka mfn. making a person a Br°, [Pat.], on [Pāṇ. ii, 2, 6.] brāhmaṇakṛteya ब्राह्मणकृतेय brāhmaṇa—kṛ°teya m. patr. fr. prec. (f(I). ) g. śārṅgaravādi. brāhmaṇakumāra ब्राह्मणकुमार brāhmaṇa—kumāra m. a Br° boy, [TāṇḍBr.] brāhmaṇamukhīna ब्राह्मणमुखीन brāhmaṇa—mukhīna m. pl. N. of partic. verses or formulas, [TĀr.], Sch. brāhmaṇasaṃstha ब्राह्मणसंस्थ brāhmaṇa—saṃstha mfn. belonging to or abiding with a Br°, [W.] brāhmaṇavācana ब्राह्मणवाचन brāhmaṇa—vācana n. the recitation of benedictions (as becomes Br°), [Hcat.] (w.r. brahmaṇa-v°). brāhmaṇavacana ब्राह्मणवचन brāhmaṇa—vacana n. the statement of a Brāhmaṇa text, [Āpast.] brāhmaṇavarṇin ब्राह्मणवर्णिन् brāhmaṇa—varṇin mfn. belonging to the caste of Br°s, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 132], Sch. brāhmaṇavihita ब्राह्मणविहित brāhmaṇa—vihita mfn. prescribed in a Brāhmaṇa, [Lāṭy.] brāhmaṇavilāpa ब्राह्मणविलाप brāhmaṇa—vilāpa m. ‘the Brāhman's lament’, N. of an episode of the [MBh.] ([i, 6104] &c., more usually called Baka-vadha-parva). brāhmaṇabhūyiṣṭha ब्राह्मणभूयिष्ठ brāhmaṇa—bhūyiṣṭha mfn. principally consisting of (or containing) Br°, [R.] brāhmaṇacāṇḍāla ब्राह्मणचाण्डाल brāhmaṇa—cāṇḍāla m. ‘Cāṇḍāla among Br°’, a degraded or out-caste Br°, [Mn. ix, 87] the son of a Śūdra father by a Brāhmaṇī mother, [W.] brāhmaṇalakṣaṇa ब्राह्मणलक्षण brāhmaṇa—lakṣaṇa n. N. of wk. brāhmaṇanindaka ब्राह्मणनिन्दक brāhmaṇa—nindaka mfn. reviling Br°, [MBh.] brāhmaṇapañcikā ब्राह्मणपञ्चिका brāhmaṇa—pañcikā f. N. of wk. brāhmaṇapaddhati ब्राह्मणपद्धति brāhmaṇa—paddhati f. N. of wk. brāhmaṇaputraka ब्राह्मणपुत्रक brāhmaṇa—putraka m. a Brāhman boy, [Kathās.] brāhmaṇarūpabhṛt ब्राह्मणरूपभृत् brāhmaṇa—rūpa-bhṛt mfn. bearing the form of a Br°, [MW.] brāhmaṇasambhāṣa ब्राह्मणसम्भाष brāhmaṇa—sambhāṣa mfn. speaking with a Br°, [Hir.] brāhmaṇasattama ब्राह्मणसत्तम brāhmaṇa—sattama m. the best of Br°, [MW.] brāhmaṇatarpaṇa ब्राह्मणतर्पण brāhmaṇa—tarpaṇa n. the feeding or satisfying of Br°, [SāmavBr.] brāhmaṇavarcasa ब्राह्मणवर्चस brāhmaṇa—varcasá n. the excellence or dignity of a Brāhman, [AV.] (cf. brahma-v°). brāhmaṇayaṣṭikā ब्राह्मणयष्टिका brāhmaṇa—yaṣṭikā or brāhmaṇa—yaṣṭī, f. Clerodendrum Siphonantus, [L.] brāhmaṇaprasaṅga ब्राह्मणप्रसङ्ग brāhmaṇa—prasaṅga m. the applicability of the term Brāhmaṇa, the idea of Brāhman, [Vajras.] brāhmaṇasarvasva ब्राह्मणसर्वस्व brāhmaṇa—sarvasva n. N. of wk. brāhmaṇatvavicāra ब्राह्मणत्वविचार brāhmaṇa—tva—vicāra m. N. of wk. brāhmaṇabhojanavidhi ब्राह्मणभोजनविधि brāhmaṇa—bhojana—vidhi m. N. of wk. brāhmaṇaprātiveśya ब्राह्मणप्रातिवेश्य brāhmaṇa—prātiveśya m. a neighbouring Brāhman, [Yājñ. ii, 263.] brāhmaṇasaṃtarpaṇa ब्राह्मणसंतर्पण brāhmaṇa—saṃtarpaṇa n. = -tarpaṇa, [ib.] brāhmaṇamahimādarśa ब्राह्मणमहिमादर्श brāhmaṇa—mahimādarśa m. N. of wk. brāhmaṇaśramaṇanyāya ब्राह्मणश्रमणन्याय brāhmaṇa—śramaṇa-nyāya m. the rule or phrase of the Brāhman Śramaṇa brāhmaṇaśramaṇanyāyāt ब्राह्मणश्रमणन्यायात् brāhmaṇa—śramaṇa-nyāyāt ind. according to the phrase ‘a Br° Śr°’ (which involves a contradiction as it expresses a Br° Buddhist; cf. śramaṇa), [Sāh.]