Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“sin”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 445 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 861 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 365 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
Name 667 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“sin”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
ब्राह्मण · noun · masculine
[स्त्री॰ ब्राह्मण] · चार वर्णो में सबसे श्रेष्ठ वर्ण । प्राचीन अर्यो के लोकविभाग के अनुसार सबसे ऊँचा माना जानेवाला विभाग । हिंदुओं में सबसे ऊँची जाति जिसके प्रधान कर्म पठन पाठन, यज्ञ ज्ञानोपदेश आदि हैं · उक्त जाति या वर्ण का मनुष्य — Śabdasāgara
ब्राह्मण · brāhmaṇ · s.m.
A Brāhmaṇ, a member of the first Hindū class — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 144
ब्राह्मण · masculine
a Brahmin (member of the highest caste of Hinduism traditionally regarded as priests)
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi ब्राह्मण — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇa). Doublet of बाम्हन (bāmhan).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
brāhmaṇa mfn. relating to or given by a Brāhman, befitting or becoming a Br˚, Brāhmanical, AV.; TBr.; MBh.
brāhmaṇa m. one who has divine knowledge (sometimes applied to Agni), a Brāhman, a man belonging to the 1st of the 3 twice-born classes and of the 4 original divisions of the Hindū body (generally a priest, but often in the present day a layman engaged in non-priestly occupations although the name is strictly only applicable to one who knows and repeats the Veda), RV. &c. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the Brāhmaṇa portion of the Veda (as distinct from its Mantra and Upaniṣad portion) and consisting of a class of works called Brāhmaṇas (they contain rules for the employment of th…
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
brāhmaṇa mfn. relating to or given by a Brāhman, befitting or becoming a Br˚, Brāhmanical, AV.; TBr.; MBh.
brāhmaṇa m. one who has divine knowledge (sometimes applied to Agni), a Brāhman, a man belonging to the 1st of the 3 twice-born classes and of the 4 original divisions of the Hindū body (generally a priest, but often in the present day a layman engaged in non-priestly occupations although the name is strictly only applicable to one who knows and repeats the Veda), RV. &c. &c.
= brāhmaṇācchaṃsin, KātyŚr.
a Brāhman in the second stage (between Mātra and Śrotriya), Hcat.
N. of the 28th lunar mansion, L.
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