brahman

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[apte] n. [bṛṃh-manin nakārasyākāre ṛto ratvaṃ; cf. Uṇ. 4. 145] 1 The Su- preme Being, regarded as impersonal and divested of all quality and ac- tion; (according to the Vedāntins, Brahman is both the efficient and the material cause of the visible universe, the all-pervading soul and spirit of the universe, the essence from which all created things are produced and into which they are absorbed; asti...

[mw] n. (lit. growth, expansion, evolution, development swelling of the spirit or soul, fr. 2. bṛh) pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the heart in worshipping the gods, prayer RV.; AV.; VS.; TS. 737,3 146546 n. the sacred word (as opp. to vāc, the word of man), the Veda veda, a sacred text, a text or Mantra mantra used as a spell (forming a distinct class from the ṛcas, sāmāni and yajūṃṣi; cf. brahma-veda) RV.;...

Root

√māṅ माङ्

Gaṇa 3· juhotyadi· Ātmanepada · māne śabde ca

to believe, to know, to understand, to consider, to think

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Abhidhanacintamani Abhinavacintamani Agastiyaratnapariksa Agnipurana Aitareya-Aranyaka Aitareyabrahmana Aitareyopanisad Amarakosa Amarusataka Amrtabindupanisat Anandakanda Apastambadharmasutra Apastambasrautasutra Arthasastra Aryasaptasati Astadhyayi Astangahrdayasamhita Astasahasrika Astavakragita Asvalayanagrhyasutra Atharvaprayascittani Avadanasataka Ayurvedadipika Baudhayanadharmasutra Baudhayanagrhyasutra Baudhayanasrautasutra Bhagavatapurana Bhallatasataka Bharadvajagrhyasutra Bharadvajasrautasutra Bharatamanjari Bhavaprakasa Bodhicaryavatara Brahmabindupanisat Brhadaranyakopanisad Brhatkathaslokasamgraha Buddhacarita Carakasamhita Chandogyopanisad Dasakumaracarita Devikalottaragama Dhanurveda Divyavadana Drahyayanasrautasutra Garbhopanisat Garudapurana Gautamadharmasutra Gherandasamhita Gobhilagrhyasutra Gokarnapuranasarah Gopathabrahmana Goraksasataka Grhastharatnakara Gudharthadipika Haribhaktivilasa Harsacarita Hathayogapradipika Hiranyakesigrhyasutra Hitopadesa Jaiminigrhyasutra Jaiminiya-Upanisad-Brahmana Jaiminiyabrahmana Janmamaranavicara Kalikapurana Kasikavrtti Kathakagrhyasutra Kathakasamhita Katharanyaka Kathasaritsagara Kathopanisad Katyayanasmrti Katyayanasrautasutra Kausikasutra Kausitakagrhyasutra Kausitakibrahmana Kausitakyupanisad Kavyadarsa Kavyalamkara Khadiragrhyasutra Kiratarjuniya Kokilasamdesa Krsnamrtamaharnava Kumarasambhava Kurmapurana Lalitavistara Lankavatarasutra Lingapurana Madanapalanighantu Mahacinatantra Maitrayanisamhita Manavagrhyasutra Manimahatmya Manusmrti Matrkabhedatantra Matsyapurana Mrgendratantra Mrgendratika Mugdhavabodhini Mundakopanisad Nadabindupanisat Nadipariksa Naradasmrti Narmamala Natyasastra Natyasastravivrti Nighantusesa Pancarthabhasya Pancavimsabrahmana Paramanandiyanamamala Parasaradharmasamhita Parasarasmrtitika Paraskaragrhyasutra Parasuramakalpasutra Pasupatasutra Rajanighantu Ramayana Rasadhyaya Rasahrdayatantra Rasakamadhenu Rasamanjari Rasaprakasasudhakara Rasaratnakara Rasaratnasamuccaya Rasarnava Rasarnavakalpa Rasasamketakalika Rasendracintamani Rasendracudamani Rasendrasarasamgraha Ratnatika Rgvedakhilani Rgvidhana Saddharmapundarikasutra Saktavijnana Samavidhanabrahmana Samkhyakarika Samkhyakarikabhasya Samvitsiddhi Sankhayanagrhyasutra Sankhayanaranyaka Sankhayanasrautasutra Sarvadarsanasamgraha Satakatraya Satapathabrahmana Satvatatantra Saundarananda Sivasutravartika Skandapurana Spandakarikanirnaya Suryasatakatika Suryasiddhanta Susrutasamhita Svetasvataropanisad Syainikasastra Taittiriyabrahmana Taittiriyaranyaka Taittiriyasamhita Taittiriyopanisad Tantrakhyayika Tantraloka Tantrasara Todalatantra Uddamaresvaratantra Vaikhanasadharmasutra Vaikhanasagrhyasutra Vaikhanasasrautasutra Vaisesikasutravrtti Vaitanasutra Varahagrhyasutra Varahapurana Vasisthadharmasutra Vatulanathasutras Vatulanathasutravrtti Vetalapancavimsatika Visnupurana Visnusmrti Yajnavalkyasmrti atharvaveda-paippalada atharvaveda-saunaka mahabharata mahabharata mahabharata rgveda sira-upanisad skandapurana-revakhanda vajasaneyisamhita-madhyandina

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n. [bṛṃh-manin nakārasyākāre ṛto ratvaṃ; cf. Uṇ. 4. 145] 1 The Su- preme Being, regarded as impersonal and divested of all quality and ac- tion; (according to the Vedāntins,...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 7,147
Texts Appeared In: 164

DCS: rogues' tricks; roguery | Monier-Williams: of a magician, Rājat.

Semantic Classification

Person Abstract Plant

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Concordance (Sample)

Manusmṛti surface: brahma

aindraṃ sthānam upāsīnā brahmabhūtā hi te sadā
Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: brahmā

brahmā smṛtvāyuṣo vedaṃ prajāpatim ajigrahat
Nādabindūpaniṣat surface: brahma

ekādaśyāṃ tapolokaṃ dvādaśyāṃ brahma śāśvatam