non brahmanic

Brah·man

[brah-muhn]
noun, plural Brah·mans. Hinduism.
1.
Also, Brahmin. a member of the highest, or priestly, class among the Hindus. Compare Kshatriya, Shudra, Vaisya.
2.
Also, Brahma. the impersonal supreme being, the primal source and ultimate goal of all beings, with which Atman, when enlightened, knows itself to be identical.

Origin:
1475–85; < Sanskrit brāhmaṇa (def 1), brahman (def 2)

Brah·man·ic [brah-man-ik] , Brah·man·i·cal, adjective
non-Brah·man·ic, adjective
non-Brah·man·i·cal, adjective
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Brahman (ˈbrɑːmən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -mans
1.  (sometimes not capital) Also called (esp formerly): Brahmin a member of the highest or priestly caste in the Hindu caste system
2.  Hinduism the ultimate and impersonal divine reality of the universe, from which all being originates and to which it returns
3.  another name for Brahma
 
[C14: from Sanskrit brāhmana, from brahman prayer]
 
Brahmanic
 
adj
 
Brah'manical
 
adj

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Brahman
see brahmin.
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