A breed of beef cattle from India with a hump on the shoulder. / (dated) A Brahmin

(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.

plural of brahman

Of or pertaining to the Brahman / Of or pertaining to the Brahmins or their doctrines or worship.

Brahmanical

In a Brahmanical manner.

Alternative form of brahmin (member of the Hindu priestly class).

plural of Brahman

The principles and religious practice of the Brahmins, aspects of Hinduism as practiced by the Brahmin caste of India. / Historical Vedic ritualism, contrasted with Shramana traditions.

(Hinduism) Any of several ancient Hindu religious prose texts that explain the relationship of the Vedas to the sacrificial ceremonies.