| slovo | definícia |
brahman
(encz) | brahman,intelektuál Zdeněk Brož |
brahman
(encz) | Brahman,bráhman n: [male] Zdeněk Brož |
brahman
(encz) | Brahman,bráhmanka n: [female] Zdeněk Brož |
Brahman
(gcide) | Brahman \Brah"man\, Brahmin \Brah"min\, n.; pl. Brahmans,
Brahmins. [Skr. Br[=a]hmana (cf. Brahman worship, holiness;
the God Brahma, also Brahman): cf. F. Brahmane, Brachmane,
Bramine, L. Brachmanae, -manes, -mani, pl., Gr. ?, pl.]
1. A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the
Hindus.
[1913 Webster]
Brahman bull (Zool.), the male of a variety of the zebu, or
Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindus.
[1913 Webster]
2. a person from an old, respected, and usually wealthy
family who has considerable social or political influence;
-- a term used especially in New England; as, a Boston
brahmin.
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brahman
(wn) | brahman
n 1: a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a
descendant of an old New England family); "a Boston
brahman" [syn: brahman, brahmin]
2: a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas; "originally
all brahmans were priests" [syn: brahman, brahmin]
3: the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal
category [syn: brahman, brahmin]
4: any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large
American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved
in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now
used chiefly for crossbreeding [syn: Brahman, Brahma,
Brahmin, Bos indicus] |
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Brahman
(gcide) | Brahman \Brah"man\, Brahmin \Brah"min\, n.; pl. Brahmans,
Brahmins. [Skr. Br[=a]hmana (cf. Brahman worship, holiness;
the God Brahma, also Brahman): cf. F. Brahmane, Brachmane,
Bramine, L. Brachmanae, -manes, -mani, pl., Gr. ?, pl.]
1. A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the
Hindus.
[1913 Webster]
Brahman bull (Zool.), the male of a variety of the zebu, or
Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindus.
[1913 Webster]
2. a person from an old, respected, and usually wealthy
family who has considerable social or political influence;
-- a term used especially in New England; as, a Boston
brahmin.
[PJC] |
Brahman bull
(gcide) | Brahman \Brah"man\, Brahmin \Brah"min\, n.; pl. Brahmans,
Brahmins. [Skr. Br[=a]hmana (cf. Brahman worship, holiness;
the God Brahma, also Brahman): cf. F. Brahmane, Brachmane,
Bramine, L. Brachmanae, -manes, -mani, pl., Gr. ?, pl.]
1. A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the
Hindus.
[1913 Webster]
Brahman bull (Zool.), the male of a variety of the zebu, or
Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindus.
[1913 Webster]
2. a person from an old, respected, and usually wealthy
family who has considerable social or political influence;
-- a term used especially in New England; as, a Boston
brahmin.
[PJC] |
Brahmanee
(gcide) | Brahmani \Brah"man*i\, n. [Fem. of Brahman.]
Any Brahman woman. [Written also Brahmanee.]
[1913 Webster] Brahminic
-ical
Brahmanic |
Brahmaness
(gcide) | Brahmaness \Brah"man*ess\, n.
A Brahmani.
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Brahmani
(gcide) | Brahmani \Brah"man*i\, n. [Fem. of Brahman.]
Any Brahman woman. [Written also Brahmanee.]
[1913 Webster] Brahminic
-ical
Brahmanic |
Brahmanic
(gcide) | Brahmanic \Brah*man"ic\, -ical \-ic*al\, Brahminic
\Brah*min"ic\, ical \*ic*al\,a.
Of or pertaining to the Brahmans or to their doctrines and
worship.
[1913 Webster] Brahmanism |
Brahmanism
(gcide) | Brahmanism \Brah"man*ism\, Brahminism \Brah"min*ism\, n.
The religion or system of doctrines of the Brahmans; the
religion of Brahma.
[1913 Webster] Brahmanist |
Brahmanist
(gcide) | Brahmanist \Brah"man*ist\, Brahminist \Brah"min*ist\, n.
An adherent of the religion of the Brahmans.
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Brahmans
(gcide) | Brahman \Brah"man\, Brahmin \Brah"min\, n.; pl. Brahmans,
Brahmins. [Skr. Br[=a]hmana (cf. Brahman worship, holiness;
the God Brahma, also Brahman): cf. F. Brahmane, Brachmane,
Bramine, L. Brachmanae, -manes, -mani, pl., Gr. ?, pl.]
1. A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the
Hindus.
[1913 Webster]
Brahman bull (Zool.), the male of a variety of the zebu, or
Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindus.
[1913 Webster]
2. a person from an old, respected, and usually wealthy
family who has considerable social or political influence;
-- a term used especially in New England; as, a Boston
brahmin.
[PJC] |
brahmana
(wn) | Brahmana
n 1: prose works attached to the Samhitas instructing the
bahmins to perform the very elaborate sacrificial rituals |
brahmanism
(wn) | Brahmanism
n 1: the religious and social system of orthodox Hinduism [syn:
Brahmanism, Brahminism]
2: the religious beliefs of ancient India as prescribed in the
sacred Vedas and Brahmanas and Upanishads [syn: Brahmanism,
Brahminism] |
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