Definition of "brahmana" [brahmana]

• 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. (noun)

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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. '"
• "Indeed, a brahmana is the first-born of all creatures, the foremost of the four orders, the father and the master of all. '""
• "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."