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US
/ˈbɹɑmən/
]
NOUN
- any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding
How To Use Brahman In A Sentence
- In some quarters there has been some recrudescence of the _Shakti_ cultus, with its often obscene and horrible rites, and the unnatural depravity which was so marked a feature in the case of the band of young Brahmans who conspired to murder Mr. Jackson at Nasik represents a form of erotomania which is certainly much more common amongst Hindu political fanatics than amongst Hindus in general. Indian Unrest
- I offer repeated obeisances unto Lord Krishna, who is the protector and well-wisher of the cows and the brahmanas.
- The main religious philosophy schools in the history of Indian thought, including Brahmanism, Buddhism, Jainism and Lokayata, all have put forward their own distinctive ethical viewpoints.
- _ -- The Brahmans of the Carnatic, or the Canarese country. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
- In case your Hinduism is a little rusty, the Brahmans are the priest caste in traditional Hindu society.
- The next morning the Brahmani took the paper, and while she was going along the road to the darbar reading it, the king's son met her, and asked what she was reading, whereupon she replied that she held in her hands a paper containing certain bits of advice, for which she wanted a lac of rupees. Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know
- -- The _chakwâ_, male, and _chakwî_, female, is the ruddy goose or sheldrake, known to Europeans as the Brâhmanî duck, _Anas casarca_ or _Casarca rutila_. Tales of the Punjab
- The conclusion meanwhile is that, since Brahman does not fall within the sphere of the other means of knowledge, and is the topic of Scripture only, the text 'from whence these creatures,' &c., _does_ give authoritative information as to a Brahman possessing the characteristic qualities so often enumerated. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
- Non-Brahman women wear a shorter sari, without the tuck.
- How different from the scene in the last century when Subrahmanya Bharati sang of the enchantment of Puduvai, lit by dawn gold streaming across the blue sea, resonant with Vedic chants, steeped in elegant Tamil culture!