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brahmaब्रह्मm. a priest (see asura-, ku-, mahābr°)
n. the one self-existent Spirit, the Absolute, [R.]
in comp. for brahman. — Observe that in the following derivatives the nom. n. (Brahmă) is used for the impersonal Spirit and the nom. m. (Brahmā) for the personal god.
brahmanब्रह्मन्bráhman n. (lit. ‘growth’, ‘expansion’, ‘evolution’, ‘development’ ‘swelling of the spirit or soul’, fr. √ 2. bṛh) pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the heart in worshipping the gods, prayer, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [TS.]
the sacred word (as opp. to vāc, the word of man), the Veda, a sacred text, a text or Mantra used as a spell (forming a distinct class from the ṛcas, sāmāni and yajūṃṣi; cf. brahma-veda), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Mn.]; [Pur.]
the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda, [Mn. iv, 100]
the sacred syllable Om, [Prab.], Sch., (cf. [Mn. ii, 83])
religious or spiritual knowledge (opp. to religious observances and bodily mortification such as tapas &c.), [AV.]; [Br.]; [Mn.]; [R.]
holy life (esp. continence, chastity; cf. brahma-carya), [Śak. i, 24/25]; [Śaṃk.]; [Sarvad.]
(exceptionally treated as m.) the Brahmă or one self-existent impersonal Spirit, the one universal Soul (or one divine essence and source from which all created things emanate or with which they are identified and to which they return), the Self-existent, the Absolute, the Eternal (not generally an object of worship but rather of meditation and-knowledge ; also with jyéṣṭha, prathama-já, svayám-bhu, a-mūrta, para, paratara, parama, mahat, sanātana, śāśvata; and = paramātman, ātman, adhyātma, pradhāna, kṣetra-jña, tattva), [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. ([IW. 9, 83] &c.)
bráhman n. the class of men who are the repositories and communicators of sacred knowledge, the Brāhmanical caste as a body (rarely an individual Brāhman), [AV.]; [TS.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [Mn.]; [BhP.]
food, [Naigh. ii, 7]
wealth, [ib.] [10]
final emancipation, [L.]
(brahmán), m. one who prays, a devout or religious man, a Brāhman who is a knower of Vedic texts or spells, one versed in sacred knowledge, [RV.] &c. &c.
[cf. Lat., flāmen]
N. of Bṛhas-pati (as the priest of the gods), [RV. x, 141, 3]
one of the 4 principal priests or Ṛtvijas (the other three being the Hotṛ, Adhvaryu and Udgātṛ; the Brahman was the most learned of them and was required to know the 3 Vedas, to supervise the sacrifice and to set right mistakes; at a later period his functions were based especially on the Atharva-veda), [RV.] &c. &c.
Brahmā or the one impersonal universal Spirit manifested as a personal Creator and as the first of the triad of personal gods (= prajā-pati, q.v.; he never appears to have become an object of general worship, though he has two temples in India See [RTL. 555] &c.; his wife is Sarasvatī, [ib.] [48]), [TBr.] &c. &c.
= brahmaṇa āyuḥ, a lifetime of Brahmā, [Pañcar.]
an inhabitant of Brahmā's heaven, [Jātakam.]
the sun, [L.]
N. of Śiva, [Prab.], Sch.
the Veda (?), [PārGṛ.]
the intellect (= buddhi), [Tattvas.]
N. of a star, δ Aurigae, [Sūryas.]
a partic. astron. Yoga, [L.]
N. of the 9th Muhūrta, [L.]
(with Jainas) a partic. Kalpa, [Dharmaś.]
N. of the servant of the 10th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [L.]
of a magician, [Rājat.]
brahmadaब्रह्मदbrahma—da mfn. imparting religious knowledge, [Mn.]
brahmajaब्रह्मजbrahma—ja mfn. sprung from that which is holy (said of Kārttikeya), [MBh.]
brahma—ja m. pl. N. of partic. clouds, [VP.]
brahma—ja m. (with Jainas) N. of a class of divinities, [L.]
brahmasūब्रह्मसूbrahma—sū m. ‘Brahmā's son’, N. of Kāma-deva or of Aniruddha (K°'s son), [L.]
brahmatāब्रह्मताbrahma—tā f. the state or condition of a Brāhman, ‘Brahmanhood’, [Pāṇ. v, 1, 136], Sch.
the state or nature of Brahmă divine nature, [BhP.]
brahmabhidब्रह्मभिद्brahma—bhid mfn. dividing the one Brahmă into many, [Prab.]
brahmaghnīब्रह्मघ्नीbrahma—ghnī f. See -han.
brahma—ghnī f. Aloe Perfoliata, [L.]
brahmaghnaब्रह्मघ्नbrahma—ghna m. = -ghātaka, [R.]
brahmaṇyāब्रह्मण्या(ā), f. N. of Durgā, [L.]
brahmaṇyaब्रह्मण्यNom. P. °yáti (only pr. p. °yát) to pray, be devout or religious, [RV.]
brahmaṇyá mfn. relating to Brahmă or Brahmā, devoted to sacred knowledge or friendly to Brāhmans, religious, pious, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
brahmaṇyá m. N. of Kārttikeya, [MBh.]
of the planet Saturn, [W.]
the mulberry tree, [L.]
Saccharum Munjia, [L.]
brahmaṇyá (°ṇyá), n. (pl.) ‘praise’ or ‘sacrificial food’ (?), [RV. viii, 6, 33] ([Sāy.])
brahmaśrīब्रह्मश्रीbrahma—śrī f. N. of a Sāman, [Br.]
brahmaṛṣiब्रह्मऋषिbrahma—ṛṣi See brahma-rṣi.
brahmahanब्रह्महन्brahma—hán mf(GnI)n. ‘Brāhman-slaying’, the murderer of a Brāhman, [TS.] &c. &c.
brahmajñaब्रह्मज्ञbrahma—jña mfn. possessing sacred knowledge, knowing the sacred text, spiritually wise, holy (said also of gods, e.g. of Viṣṇu, Kārttikeya), [MBh.]; [Bhartṛ.]
brahmajyaब्रह्मज्यbrahma—jyá mfn. molesting or oppressing Brāhmans, [AV.]; [TBr.] (cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 3], Vārtt. 1, [Pat.])
brahmakṛtब्रह्मकृत्brahma—kṛ́t mfn. making or offering prayers (also applied to Indra, Viṣṇu, the Maruts &c.), [RV.]; [MBh.]; [Pañcar.]
brahmaprīब्रह्मप्रीbrahma—prī́ mfn. delighting in prayer or devotion, [RV.]
brahmarṣiब्रह्मर्षिbrahma—rṣi m. (= and for -ṛṣi) ‘Brāhmanical sage’, N. of a partic. class of sages supposed so belong to the Brāhman caste (as Vasiṣṭha &c.), [MBh.]; [R.] &c. (cf. deva-rṣi, maha-rṣi, rāja-rṣi)
brahmasṛjब्रह्मसृज्brahma—sṛj m. ‘Brahmā's creator’, N. of Śiva, [Śivag.]
brahmasvaब्रह्मस्वbrahma—sva n. the property i.e. lands or money of Brāhmans, [Caṇḍ.]; [Pañcar.]
brahmatasब्रह्मतस्brahma—tas ind. from the Brāhmans, [MW.]
brahmatvaब्रह्मत्वbrahma—tvá n. the office of the Brāhman or chief priest, [ŚBr.]; [GṛŚrS.]; [Hariv.]
Brāhmanhood, [R.]; [Ratnāv.]
the state of or identification with Brahmă, [MBh.]; [Pur.]
brahmavācब्रह्मवाच्brahma—vāc f. ‘Brahmā's word’, the sacred text, [ĀrṣBr.]
brahmavatब्रह्मवत्brahma—vat ind. according to the sacred text or the Veda, [R.]
like the Veda, [Āpast.]
brahma—vat mfn. possessing Brahmă or sacred knowledge, [TUp.]; [MBh.]
brahmavidब्रह्मविद्brahma—víd mfn. knowing the one Brahmă, a Vedic philosopher, [AV.] &c. &c. (also -vida)
skilled in sacred spells or magic, [MBh.]
brahma—víd m. N. of Śiva, [RTL. 84]
brahmayujब्रह्मयुज्brahma—yúj mfn. harnessed by prayer (i.e. bringing Indra in answer to prayer, said of his horses), [RV.]
brahmabhāgaब्रह्मभागbrahma—bhāgá m. the share of a Brahman or chief priest, [AV.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]
the mulberry tree, [L.]
brahmabhāvaब्रह्मभावbrahma—bhāva m. absorption in the one self-existent Being or Brahmă, [MBh.], Sch.
brahmabhūtaब्रह्मभूतbrahma—bhūta mfn. become i.e. absorbed in Brahmă, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [VP.]
brahma—bhūta n. identification with Brahmă, [VP.]
brahmabhūtiब्रह्मभूतिbrahma—bhūti f. twilight, [L.]
brahmabhūyaब्रह्मभूयbrahma—bhūya n. identification with or absorption into Brahmă, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. (-tva n.)
Brāhmanhood, [BhP.]
brahmadhātuब्रह्मधातुbrahma—dhātu m. an essential portion of Brahmă, [Cat.]
brahmadharaब्रह्मधरbrahma—dhara mfn. possessing sacred knowledge, [MBh.]
brahmaghoṣaब्रह्मघोषbrahma—ghoṣa m. murmur (arising from the recital) of prayers (also pl.), [MBh.]; [R.] (also °ṣa-rava m., [Hcat.])
the sacred word or text, the Veda, [Uttarar.]
N. of a Tathāgata, [Sukh. i]
brahmaṇvatब्रह्मण्वत्bráhmaṇ-vat mfn. (°vát, [TBr.]) accompanied by prayer, devout, [AV.]; [Br.]
practising a sacred work (and ‘having a Brāhman’), [TS.]; [Kāṭh.]
including or representing the Brāhmans (as Agni), [Br.]; [ŚrS.]
containing the word brahman, [AitBr.]
brahmaṇ-vát ind. like Brahmă or Brahmā or a Brāhman, [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]
brahmaśālāब्रह्मशालाbrahma—śālā f. Brahmā's hall, [MaitrUp.]
N. of a place, [MBh.]
brahmabījaब्रह्मबीजbrahma—bīja n. ‘seed of the Veda’, the sacred syllable om, [BhP.]
brahma—bīja m. the mulberry tree, [L.]
brahmabalaब्रह्मबलbrahma—balá n. Brāhmanical power, [MaitrS.]
brahma—balá m. N. of a man, [Cat.]
brahmabaliब्रह्मबलिbrahma—bali m. N. of a teacher, [Cat.]
brahmabodhaब्रह्मबोधbrahma—bodha m. N. of wk.
brahmacitiब्रह्मचितिbrahma—cití f. Brahmā's layer in the fire-altar, [ŚBr.]
brahmadānaब्रह्मदानbrahma—dāna n. the gift of the Veda or of sacred knowledge, [ib.] [iv, 232.]
brahmadāruब्रह्मदारुbrahma—dāru m. n. Morus Indica, [L.]
brahmadāsaब्रह्मदासbrahma—dāsa m. N. of the father of Nārāyaṇa-dāsa (author of the Praśnārṇava), [Cat.]
of a king (about 1600), [ib.]
brahmadātṛब्रह्मदातृbrahma—dātṛ mfn. = -da, [Mn. ii, 146.]
brahmadāyaब्रह्मदायbrahma—dāya m. (fr. dāya) = prec. [MW.]
brahma—dāya mfn. imparting or teaching sacred knowledge, [BhP.]
brahma—dāya m. (and. , dāya) sacred knowledge as an inheritance (-hara mfn. receiving it from [gen.] [Mn. iii, 3]; °yāda mfn. [according to Sch.] either ‘enjoying sacred knowledge as an inheritance’ or ‘Brahmā's son’, [BhP.])
brahma—dāya m. the earthly possession of a Brāhman, [BhP.]
brahmadevaब्रह्मदेवbrahma—deva m. (also with paṇḍita) N. of various authors, [Cat.]
brahmadeyaब्रह्मदेयbrahma—deya mfn. given in marriage after the manner of Brāhmans (cf. [Mn. iii, 27]), [MānGṛ.]; [MBh.]
brahma—deya m. (with vidhi) marriage of this kind, [Hariv.]
brahma—deya n. instruction in the Veda or sacred knowledge (°yānusaṃtāna, mfn. one in whose family Vedic teachings; is hereditary, [Gaut.]; [Viṣṇ.]; [Mn.] [[v, 183], v.l. °yātma-saṃtāna, ‘the son of a woman married according to the Brāhma rite’ ; cf. ātma-s°])
brahma—deya n. gift to Brāhmans, [Divyāv.]
brahmadinaब्रह्मदिनbrahma—dina n. a day of Brahmā, [MW.]
brahmadviṣब्रह्मद्विष्brahma—dvíṣ mfn. hostile to sacred knowledge or religion, impious (said of men and demons), [RV.]
hating Brāhmans, [Mn. iii, 154]; [Kull.]
brahmagītāब्रह्मगीताbrahma—gītā f. pl. N. of partic. verses ([MBh. xiii, 2146]-[2152]) ascribed to Brahmā
N. of wk.
brahmagavīब्रह्मगवीbrahma—gavī́ f. a Brāhman's cow, [AV.]; [ŚBr.]
du. N. of 2 classes of verses or formulas, [Kauś.]
brahmagiriब्रह्मगिरिbrahma—giri m. N. of a mountain, [KālP.]
(?) of Comms. on various Upaniṣads, [Cat.]
brahmagolaब्रह्मगोलbrahma—gola m. ‘Brahmā's globe’, the universe, [L.]
brahmahariब्रह्महरिbrahma—hari m. N. of a poet, [Cat.]
brahmahutaब्रह्महुतbrahma—huta n. ‘offering to Brahmā or the Brāhmans’, hospitality, [L.] (cf. brāhmya-huta).
brahmajāraब्रह्मजारbrahma—jāra m. the paramour of a Brāhman's wife, [RāmatUp.]
brahmajāyāब्रह्मजायाbrahma—jāyā́ f. the wife of a Brāhman, [RV. x, 109]
(with juhū) N. of the supposed authoress of this hymn, [Anukr.]
brahmajūtaब्रह्मजूतbráhma—jūta (bráhma-), mfn. incited by prayer or devotion, [RV.]; [AV.]
brahmajapaब्रह्मजपbrahma—japa m. a partic. formula of prayer, [MānGṛ.]
brahmajaṭāब्रह्मजटाbrahma—jaṭā, f. or brahma—jaṭin, m. Artemisia Indica, [L.]
brahmakāraब्रह्मकारbrahma—kārá mfn. making or offering prayers, [RV.]
brahmakāyaब्रह्मकायbrahma—kāya m. pl. N. of a partic. class of deities, [MBh.]
brahmakūṭaब्रह्मकूटbrahma—kūṭa m. a thoroughly learned Brāhman, [MBh.]
N. of a mountain, [KālP.]
brahmakalāब्रह्मकलाbrahma—kalā f. N. of Dākṣāyaṇī who dwells in the heart of men, [Cat.]
brahmakaraब्रह्मकरbrahma—kara m. an impost paid to the Brāhmanical class, [Inscr.]
brahmaketuब्रह्मकेतुbrahma—ketu m. N. of a man, [Cat.]
brahmakṛtaब्रह्मकृतbrahma—kṛta m. N. of a man g. śubhrādi.
brahmakṛtiब्रह्मकृतिbráhma—kṛti (bráhma-), f. prayer, devotion, [RV.]
brahmakośīब्रह्मकोशीbrahma—kośī (ī), f. a species of plant (= aja-modā), [L.]
brahmakośaब्रह्मकोशbrahma—kośá m. the treasury of the Brahmă i.e. of the sacred word or text, the entire collection of the Vedas, [TĀr.]; [PārGṛ.]; [MaitrUp.]
N. of Atri, [VP.]
brahmakuśāब्रह्मकुशाbrahma—kuśā f. a species of cumin, [Bhpr.]
= aja-modā, [L.]
brahmalekhaब्रह्मलेखbrahma—lekha m. ‘Brahmā's writing’ = -rekhā, [RTL. 370.]
brahmalokaब्रह्मलोकbrahma—loká m. (also pl.) the world or heaven of Brahmā (a division of the universe and one of the supposed residences of pious spirits), [AV.]; &c.
brahmamālaब्रह्ममालbrahma—māla m. pl. N. of a forest, [R. (B.)]
brahmamaṭhaब्रह्ममठbrahma—maṭha m. ‘Brahmă's college’, N. of a theological college in Kaśmīra, [Rājat.]
brahmamahaब्रह्ममहbrahma—maha m. a feast in honour of the Brāhmans, [MBh.]
brahmamatiब्रह्ममतिbrahma—mati m. N. of a demon, [Buddh.]
brahmamayaब्रह्ममयbrahma—maya mf(I)n. formed or consisting of or identified with Brahmă, [AitBr.]; [KauṣUp.]; [MBh.] &c.
belonging to or fit for a Brāhman, [W.]
brahmamukhaब्रह्ममुखbráhma—mukha (bráhma-), mf(A)n. preceded by the priests, following or inferior to them, [TS.]; [R.]
brahmanābhaब्रह्मनाभbrahma—nābha m. ‘having Brahmā (proceeding out of a lotus on his) navel’, N. of Viṣṇu, [L.]
brahmanāgaब्रह्मनागbrahma—nandin and brahma—nāga, m. N. of two authors, [Cat.]
brahmanālaब्रह्मनालbrahma—nāla n. N. of a sacred bathing-place in Benares, [KāśīKh.]
brahmanīḍaब्रह्मनीडbrahma—nīḍa n. the resting-place of Brahmă or of ‘the holy’, [MaitrUp.]
brahmanadīब्रह्मनदीbrahma—nadī f. ‘Brahmā's river’, N. of the Sarasvatī, [BhP.]
brahmapāśaब्रह्मपाशbrahma—pāśa m. ‘Brahmā's noose’, N. of a mythical weapon, [Bhaṭṭ.]
brahmapādaब्रह्मपादbrahma—pāda (ibc.) Brahmā's feet
brahmapāraब्रह्मपारbrahma—pāra m. the final object of all sacred knowledge, [VP.]
= next, [ib.]
brahmapūtaब्रह्मपूतbráhma—pūta (bráhma-), mfn. purified by devotion, [AV.]
purified by Brahmă, [L.]
brahmapathaब्रह्मपथbrahma—patha m. the way to Brahmă or to Brahmā, [Up.]; [BhP.]
brahmapadaब्रह्मपदbrahma—pada n. the place of Brahmă, [MaitrUp.]
the station or rank of Brahmā or of a Brāhman, [W.]
brahmapatiब्रह्मपतिbráhma—pati (bráhma-), m. = brahmaṇas-pati, [ŚBr.]
brahmapitṛब्रह्मपितृbrahma—pitṛ m. ‘Brahmā's father’, N. of Viṣṇu, [Pañcar.] (cf. -nābha).
brahmapurīब्रह्मपुरीbrahma—purī f. Brahmā's citadel in heaven or his capital on the mountain Kailāsa, [L.] (-māhātmya n. N. of wk.)
N. of a city on earth, [Rājat.]
of the city Benares, [Prab.]
of any city the inhabitants of which are mostly Brāhmans, [MW.]
of a peak in the Himālaya range, [L.]
brahmapuraब्रह्मपुरbrahma—pura n. ‘Brahmā's town’, N. of a city in heaven, [MBh.] (-māhātmya n. N. of wk.)
of a city on earth, [Var.]; [Hit.]
of a kingdom, [Buddh.]
the heart, [MāṇḍUp.]
the body, [ChUp.] (cf. [IW. 116, 2])
brahmarāśiब्रह्मराशिbrahma—rāśi m. the whole mass of sacred texts or knowledge, [VPrāt.]; [R.]
a partic. constellation, [MBh.]
N. of Paraśu-rāma, [MW.]
brahmarājaब्रह्मराजbrahma—rāja m. N. of a man, [Rājat.]
of a prince, [Inscr.]
brahmarātaब्रह्मरातbrahma—rāta m. ‘given by Brahmā’, N. of Śuka, [BhP.]
N. of the father of Yājñavalkya, [VP.]
brahmarātiब्रह्मरातिbrahma—rāti or brahma—rātri, w.r. for brāhma-rāti.