brAhmaRaka
brāhmaṇaka , adj. and subst. , ( 1 ) adj. , f. °ikā, of brahmans, brahmanic : °keṣu deveṣu Mv i.231.18 , (orthodox) brahmanical gods ; °ṇikāyām īryāyāṃ Divy 485.6 ; °ṇakān mantrān (vācayati, various forms) Divy 60.26 ; 487.2 ; 621.19 ; ( 2 ) subst. , = brāhmaṇa, brahman : māgadhakānāṃ °ṇakānāṃ Mv i.261.17 (prose; -ka svārthe); perh. dim. , young brahman , MSV i.46.15 (see s.v. gaṇavācaka ), but prob. adj. , to (1); at end of Bhvr. cpds. , f. °ikā, saśramaṇa-brāhmaṇikāḥ prajāḥ Mvy 6425 , and other case-forms of this same cpd. SP 21.8 ; 64.9 ; Suv 9.18 ; Sukh 25.7 , etc.