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- noun The
brahmin varna inHinduism . (Plural: brahmana.) - noun A
brahmin ; a member of the brahmana (sense 1). - noun A
prose text that explains aspects of theVedas .
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Examples
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Indeed, a brahmana is the first-born of all creatures, the foremost of the four orders, the father and the master of all. '
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Indeed, a brahmana is the first-born of all creatures, the foremost of the four orders, the father and the master of all. '"
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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On the eleventh day for a close relative of a brahmana the house is purified, eleven brahmanas are fed and offerings are made to the deceased.
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That is, evolving from a puny being or kshudra/shudra to a purna or integral state of brahmana who encompasses the whole brahmanda or cosmos in his consciousness.
Archive 2007-10-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2007
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A purna or integral state of brahmana tusarnmohapatra Says: October 5, 2007 at 4:51 am
Archive 2007-10-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2007
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Beholding the forest, the heart of the brahmana became exceedingly agitated.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Brahma cannot certainly reside in one that is not a brahmana. '
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Beholding Vasishtha thus brought before him by Sarasvati, Vishvamitra, filled with rage, began to look for a weapon wherewith to slay that brahmana.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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With those three arrows sticking on his forehead, that brahmana looked beautiful like a three-peaked mountain washed with water in the season of rains.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Those brahmacaris, with matted locks on their heads, have piled the funeral pyre of that brahmana with bows and darts and car-boxes, O Madhava!
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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