brAhmaRa · masculine · brāhmaṇa 1
Brahman
brāhmaṇa , ( 1 ) m. , seemingly = (the god) Brahma: pl. , Mv i.103.1 , see s.v. pratyeka ; ( 2 ) nt. (once in Pali , acc. to text °ṇam, Therag. 631 , for usual brahmañña = Skt. brāhmaṇya), brahmanhood, brahmanic condition : (na) śrāmaṇāya na brāhmaṇāya (no v.l. ) na nirvāṇāya saṃvartate LV 245.13 (prose).
a man of the Brahman caste
Brāhmaṇa 1 [from brahma; cf. Vedic brāhmaṇa, derived from Brahmān] a member of the brahman caste; a br. teacher. In the Buddhist terminology also used for a man leading a pure, sinless and ascetic life, often even synonymous with Arahant — On brāhmaṇas as a caste and their representation in the Jātaka collection see Fick, Soziale Gliederung ; especially ch. 8, pages 117-162. — Various fanciful etymologies, consisting of a word-play, in Pāli definitions are e.g. "sattannaṃ dhammānaṃ bāhitattā br." (like definition of bhikkhu) Nidd I 86 = Nidd II §464 a (cf. Snp 519); ye keci bho-vādikā Nidd I 249 = Nidd II §464 b; brahā-sukha-vihāra-jhāna-jhāyin Miln 226; pāpaṃ bāhesuṃ D III 94; bāhita-pāpattā br. Dhp-a III 84; ariyā bāhita-pāpattā br. Sv I 244. — plural brāhmaṇāse Snp 1079 f. — Various references in the canon to all meanings of the term: D I 90, 94, 104, 119 f., 136 (mahāsālā), 150 (°dūta), 247; III 44 f., 61, 83 f., 94 f. (origin of), 147, 170, 258 (°mahāsālā), 270; M I 271 (°karaṇā dhammā), 280; II 84, 148, 177; III 60, 270 (a bhikkhu addressed as br.); S I 47, 54, 94 f., 99 (°kumāra), 117, 125, 160 f.; II 77, 259; IV 157; V 194; A I 66, 110, 163 (tevijjā); 166; II 176; III 221 f. (brāhmaṇa-vagga); It 57 f., 60, 98, 101; Ja III 194; IV 9; VI 521 f.; Vibh 393 f. For br. with the meaning "Arahant" see also: Vin I 3; II 156 (br. parinibbuta); Thag 140, 221 (brahma-bandhu pure āsiṃ, idāni kho'mhi brāhmaṇo); Dhp 383 f.; Snp passim (e.g. verse 142 kammanā hoti brāhmaṇo; 284 f. ); Ja IV 302 f.; Miln 225. Ten kinds of br. are pronounced to be apetā brahmaññā degraded from brahmanship Ja IV 361 f. Diff. schools of br. teachers are enumerated at D I 237 f. (Tevijja Sutta). — brāhmaṇānaṃ pubbakā isayo mantānaṃ kattāro "the ten inspired Seers of old times, who composed the Vedic hymns"; their names are Aṭṭhaka, Vāmaka, Vāmadeva, Vessāmitta, Yamataggi, Aṅgirasa, Bhāradvāja, Vāseṭṭha, Kassapa, Bhagu Vin I 245; D I 104; A III 224; IV 61; cf. Vv-a 265. — feminine brāhmaṇī {495} (noun or adjective) the wife of a brāhmaṇa D I 193; Ja V 127 (of a purohita or high priest); Dhp-a I 33; IV 176; Pv-a 55, 61, 64. Frequently in combination brāhmaṇī pajā this generation of brāhmaṇas, e.g. D I 249; A I 260; II 23 (see pajā). -ibbhā brahmans and Vaiśyas Ja VI 228 f. -kumārikā a brahmin young girl Ja III 93; -kula a br. clan or family Ja II 85, 394, 411; III 147, 352; Pv-a 21, 61; -gahapatikā priests and laymen ("clerk and yeoman" Rh.D. in S.B.E. XI 258) D II 178; III 148, 153, 170 f.; S I 59, 184; A I 110; Vin I 35; Ja I 83; -gāma a br. village Vin I 197; D I 87, 127; S I 111; Ja II 368; III 293; IV 276; -dhamma duty of a br.; see on contrast between Brahmaṇic and Buddhist view Ja IV 301 f., cf. also Pj II 312-325 (br.-dhammika-suta) and Fick, Soziale Gliederung page 124; -putta son of a br. Pv-a 62; -bhojana giving food (alms) to brahmans Vin I 44; -māṇava a young brahmin Ja IV 391; -rūpa (in) form of a br. Pv-a 63; -vaḍḍhakī a br. carpenter Ja IV 207; -vaṇṇin having the appearance of a brahmin Cp I 12, 10; -vācanaka a br. disputation, some sort of elocution show Ja I 318; IV 391; -vāṭaka circle of brahmins Dhp-a IV 177 (v.l. °vādaka); -vāṇija a br. merchant Pv-a 113; -sacca a brahmanic (i.e. standard, holy) truth A II 176 (where the Buddha sets forth 4 such br. °saccāni, different from the usual 4 ariya-saccāni). Brāhmaṇa 2 (neuter) [for brahmañña] state of a true brahman, "holiness supreme" Thag 631.
(masc, masc, from brahma) Brahman; priest; man of the Brahman caste man of the Brahman caste Construction: √brah > brāh + ma + *aṇa brahma + *aṇa
(masc, masc, from brahma) arahant; awakened being; saint; paragon Construction: √brah > brāh + ma + *aṇa brahma + *aṇa
(masc, masc, from brahma) monk; sage; holy man Construction: √brah > brāh + ma + *aṇa brahma + *aṇa
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