brahmana
Speech parts
1. brahmana - Noun
2. Brahmana - Proper noun
Meaning
prose works attached to the Samhitas instructing the brahmins to perform the very elaborate sacrificial rituals
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Examples
Chyavana foresaw that a violent Brahmana would be born in his line in consequence of King Kusika and tried to curse him.
Astronomical calculations in the Shatapatha Brahmana (ca. 4th century BC) use a fractional approximation of ≈ 3.139 (an accuracy of 9×10 −4 ).
Representatives of Federation of Industries, Bari Brahmana Jammu, Boiler Mazdoor Association SKIMS and Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh Jammu and Kashmir gave suggestions regarding the revision of the 'Minimum Wages'.
Tähtinen p. 2. It occurs several times in the Shatapatha Brahmana in the sense of "non-injury".
The Adityas are a group of solar deities, from the Brahmana period numbering twelve.
This sarpasattra material was often considered an independent tale added to a version of the Mahabharata by "thematic attraction" (Minkowski 1991), and considered to have a particularly close connection to Vedic ( Brahmana ) literature.