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Brahmana
Brah·ma·na
[
brmənə
]
(
plural
Brah·ma·nas
)
noun
Definition:
sacred Hindu text:
a sacred Hindu text belonging to a group of commentaries on the Vedas
[
< Sanskrit
brāhmaṅam
<
brāhmaṅa-
(see
Brahmin
)
]
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