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Example sentences for: brahman
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The three most important manifestations of the Brahman, or godhead, are Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva, which are often presented to Westerners as a trinity, though this is not really comparable to the Christian concept.
Brahman or brahman?
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.
Not only will it avoid confusion among users of dictionaries, but it will restore the preeminence of Brahma or Brahman while reducing the brahmans to the status of the rest of us mortals, where they really belong.
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.