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Brahman
Brah·man [ brmən ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. ultimate power underlying universe: in Hinduism, the ultimate impersonal reality underlying everything in the universe, from which everything comes and to which it returns
2. hinduism 
Same as  Brahma1 (sense 1)

3. Brah·man (plural Brah·mans)  or brah·man (plural brah·mans) hinduism 
Another spelling of  Brahmin (sense 1) (sense 2)

[Late 18th century. < Sanskrit brahman- "priest"]

Brah·man·ic [ braa mánnik ] adjective
Brah·man·i·cal adjective
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