Usually means: Priestly class in Vedic society.
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  1. Brahmana: Merriam-Webster
  2. Brahmana: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Brahmana: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Brahmana: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Brahmana: Vocabulary.com
  6. Brahmana, brahmana: Wordnik
  7. Brahmana, brahmana: Wiktionary
  8. Brahmana: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. Brahmana: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. brahmana: Dictionary.com
  11. Brahmana: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Brahmana: Rhymezone
  13. brahmana: FreeDictionary.org
  14. brahmana: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Brahmana: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. Brahmana: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Brahmana: Encyclopedia

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  1. brahmana, brahmana (Brahmin): Glossary of Sanskrit Terms in Integral Yoga Literature

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Brahmana)

▸ noun:  (Hinduism) Any of several ancient Hindu religious prose texts that explain the relationship of the Vedas to the sacrificial ceremonies.
▸ noun:  The brahmin varna in Hinduism. (Plural: brahmana.)
▸ noun:  A brahmin; a member of the brahmana (sense 1).
▸ noun:  A prose text that explains aspects of the Vedas.

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Veda, Brahma, Upanishad, mantra, Shastra, Brahman, Brama, Atharvaveda, Mahabharata, Aranyaka, more...

Opposite:
shudra, untouchable, lower caste

Phrases:
Shatapatha Brahmana, Aitareya Brahmana, more...

Adjectives:
satapatha, learned, excellent, best, true, same, non, poor, old, certain, young

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Similar:
Veda, Brahma, Upanishad, mantra, Shastra, Brahman, Brama, Atharvaveda, Mahabharata, Aranyaka, more...

Opposite:
shudra, untouchable, lower caste

Phrases:
Shatapatha Brahmana, Aitareya Brahmana, more...

Adjectives:
satapatha, learned, excellent, best, true, same, non, poor, old, certain, young

Colors:
    white,     saffron,     gold,     yellow,     cream, more...



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