(Hinduism) Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. / (Hinduism) Alternative form of Brahman

A large domestic fowl from the Brahmaputra region of India. / A breed of Indian cattle, Bos indicus.

plural of Brahma

Alternative form of brahminess

plural of brahmaness

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

Literally, the rod of Brahma; also used of bamboo rods carried by Indian ascetics. / A form of punishment, apparently social excommunication. / (Indian mysticism) The spine.

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.

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.