Brahman (disambiguation)

The words Brahm and Brahman and similar have various meanings:Hindu religion The Sanskrit terms Brahman, Brahma, both from a root brh "to grow, increase", are used in various meanings (depending on the Vedic accent and grammatical gender). See Brahman#Semantics and pronunciation for more details:Brahman (, literally "growth", also "pious utterance, prayer", n.) is the Hindu idea of the formless transcendental immanent Divine, often in English called "the Brahman".Brahma ( m.) is the Creator God, one of the trinity: Brahma, Vishnu, and Maheswara (Siva).There have been rare cases of "Brahma" and "(the) Brahman" being used in English with each others' meanings, e.g. in R.W. Emerson's poem titled "Brahma".Brahman (, not to be confused with above) is a Vedic Sanskrit word for "priest": see Vedic priest.A Brahmin, derived from the Sanskrit masculine noun (), is a person belonging to the Brahmins, the priestly caste among the four varnas.The Brahmanas, derived from the Sanskrit neuter noun (), are important Hindu canonical texts that are part of each of the Vedas.
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