Brahman — meaning in English

English meaning

• brahman noun A breed of beef cattle from India with a hump on the shoulder.
• brahmin noun A member of the priestly, scholarly caste in traditional Hindu society, the highest of the four main social classes.

Senses

Brahman 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 A learned person of refined taste and mild manners.

brahmin — full definition

1. noun A member of the priestly, scholarly caste in traditional Hindu society, the highest of the four main social classes.
2. noun A member of an old, cultured, and somewhat exclusive social elite, especially one associated with New England.