Brahmana
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Brahmana
From the Sanskrit word brāhmaṇa
Example Sentences
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He was an Indian Brahmana and a great Vedic scholar and apostle.
From The Buddha's Path of Virtue A Translation of the Dhammapada by Frank Lee Woodward
By his Yoga-power, even thus did that Brahmana stupefy the king.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
The story, of which this Vedic poem is a partial dramatisation, is given in the Brahmana of the Yajur Veda.
From Custom and Myth New Edition by Andrew Lang
In time that cow was given away by me unto a Brahmana, acting as I did from desire of happiness in heaven.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
The Brahmana, who, having accepted a gift of gems makes a gift of them unto Brahmanas, acquires inexhaustible merit himself and confers inexhaustible merit upon him from whom he had originally received them.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
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