Brahmana

Related to Brahmana: Brahmin, Aranyaka

Brah·ma·na

(brä′mə-nə)

Any of several ancient Hindu religious prose texts that explain the relationship of the Vedas to the sacrificial ceremonies.

[Sanskrit Brāhmaṇam, from neuter of brāhmaṇa-, brahminical; see Brahman.]

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Brahmana

(ˈbrɑːmənə)

(Hinduism) Hinduism any of a number of sacred treatises added to each of the Vedas

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Brahmana - prose works attached to the Samhitas instructing the bahmins to perform the very elaborate sacrificial rituals

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Brahmana Any of a number of prose commentaries attached to the Vedas, the most ancient Hindu sacred literature.

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