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Derived from Brahma `the First Principle or Supreme Being of some Hindu philosophical systems such as Vedanta,' a brahman is primarily a person who believes in Brahma , or Brahman . By extension brahman came to mean a `member of the sacred or sacerdotal caste,' as Webster has it.
For several generations the Sanskrit word brahman (pronounced BRAAHMAN, the first vowel sounds as in the English word father ) has been used in the English language.
In the seventh century, one strong king, Harshavardhana, reigned for 40 years over northern India, and encouraged Buddhist monks and Brahman priests to participate in philosophical discussions.
To do reverence to a brahman was to do reverence to Brahman, for a brahman was not simply the intermediary between man and the gods: he was a god.
Not only were the brahmans the best educated Hindus they met, but also, more important, it was soon realized that among the Hindus the brahman was a much more “sacred” group than say the molla is among the Muslims, the rabbi among the Jews, or the priest among the Christians.