Brahmana

[ brah-muh-nuh ]

noun

, Hinduism.

1. one of a class of prose pieces dealing with Vedic rituals and sacrifices.

Brahmana

/ ˈbrɑːmənə /

noun

1. Hinduism any of a number of sacred treatises added to each of the Vedas

Word History and Origins

Origin of Brahmana¹

From the Sanskrit word brāhmaṇa

Example Sentences

The Brahmana both times replies “be it well.”

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The story in the Brahmana begins by saying that throughout.

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He was an Indian Brahmana and a great Vedic scholar and apostle.

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Like the other Vedas it is divided into Samhita, Brahmanas and Upanishads, representing the spiritual element and its magical and nationalistic development.

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Connections of that sort were easily invented at random by the compilers of the Brahmanas in their existing form.

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