Brahman-Expansion

• 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.
• the sacred word (as opp. to vāc , the word of man) , the veda , a sacred text , a text or mantra used as a spell (forming a distinct class from the ṛcas , sāmāni and yajūṃṣi ; cf. brahma-veda) RV. AV. Br. Mn. Pur.
• the brāhmaṇa portion of the veda Mn. iv , 100
• the sacred syllable Om Prab. , Sch. , (cf. Mn. ii , 83)
• religious or spiritual knowledge (opp. to religious observances and bodily mortification such as tapas &c ) AV. Br. Mn. R.
• holy life (esp. continence , chastity ; cf. brahma-carya) S3ak. i , 24÷25 S3am2k. Sarvad.
• (exceptionally treated as m.) the brahma or one self-existent impersonal Spirit , the one universal Soul (or one divine essence and source from which all created things emanate or with which they are identified and to which they return) , the Self-existent , the Absolute , the Eternal (not generally an object of worship but rather of meditation and-knowledge ; also with jyéṣṭha , prathama-já , svayóm-bhu , a-mūrta , para , paratara , parama , mahat , sanātana , śāśvata ; and = paramā*tman , ātman , adhyātma , pradhāna , kṣetra-jña , tattva) AV. S3Br. Mn. MBh. &c ( IW. 9 , 83 &c )
• n. the class of men who are the repositories and communicators of sacred knowledge , the Brahmanical caste as a body (rarely an individual Brahman) AV. TS. VS. S3Br. Mn. BhP.
• n. food Naigh. ii , 7
• n. wealth ib. 10
• n. final emancipation L.
• m. (brahmán) , one who Prays , a devout or religious man , a Brahman who is a knower of Vedic texts or spells , one versed in sacred knowledge RV. &c ([cf. Lat. , fla1men])
• m. N. of bṛhas-pati (as the priest of the gods) RV. x , 141 , 3
• m. one of the 4 principal priests or ṛtvijs (the other three being the hotṛ , adhvaryu and udgātṛ ; the brahman was the most learned of them and was required to know the 3 vedas , to supervise the , sacrifice and to set right mistakes ; at a later period his functions were based especially on the atharva-veda) RV. &c
• m. brahmā or the one impersonal universal Spirit manifested as a personal Creator and as the first of the triad of personal gods (= prajā-pati q.v. ; he never appears to have become an object of general worship , though he has two temples in India » RTL. 555 &c ; his wife is sarasvatī ib. 48) TBr. &c
• m. = brahmaṇa āyuḥ , a lifetime of brahmā Pan5car.
• m. an inhabitant of brahmā's heaven Ja1takam.
• m. the sun L.
• m. N. of śiva Prab. Sch.
• m. the veda (?) Pa1rGr2.
• m. the intellect (= buddhi) Tattvas.
• m. N. of a star , δ Aurigae , Su1ryat. ??
• m. a partic. astron. yoga L.
• m. N. of the 9th muhūrta L.
• m. (with jainas) a partic. kalpa Dharmas3.
• m. N. of the servant of the 10th arhat of the present avasarpiṇī L.
• m. of a magician Ra1jat.

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