брахма́н — meaning in English
brakhman
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English meaning
Senses
брахма́н is used for these senses in English:
- Brahman (Hinduism) 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.
- brahmin (chiefly, US, especially, New England, capitalized) A member of a social and cultural elite, especially in the New England region of the USA.
- brahmin A learned person of refined taste and mild manners.
brahmin — full definition
- noun A member of the priestly, scholarly caste in traditional Hindu society, the highest of the four main social classes.
- noun A member of an old, cultured, and somewhat exclusive social elite, especially one associated with New England.