The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Brahmattara
Brahmattara at J iii.207 (of a castle) is probably to be read brahmuttara "even higher than Brahm!," i. e.
unsurpassed, magnificent. C. explns by suva**a- p!s!da.
Brahmavant
Brahmavant (adj.) [fr. brahma] "having Brahm!," possessed or full of Brahm!; f. brahmavat" Np. Vism
434.
Br!hmañña. br!hmaññat! & br!hmaññattha
Br!hmañña. br!hmaññat! & br!hmaññattha see brahmañ˚.
Br!hma*a
Br!hma*a1 [fr. brahma; cp. Vedic br!hma*a, der. fr. brahmán] a member of the Brahman caste; a Br.
teacher. In the Buddhist terminology also used for a man leading a pure, sinless & ascetic life, often even
syn. with arahant. -- On br!hma*as as a caste & their representation in the J!taka collection see Fick,
Sociale Gliederung; esp. ch. 8, pp. 117 -- 162. -- Var. fanciful etymologies, consisting of a word -- play, in
P. definitions are e. g. "sattanna' dhamm!na' b!hitatt! br." (like def. of bhikkhu) Nd1 86=Nd2 464a (cp.
Sn 519); ye keci bho -- v!dik! Nd1 249=Nd2 464b; brah! -- sukhavih!ra -- jh!na -- jh!yin Miln 226; p!pa'
b!hesu' D iii.94; b!hita -- p!patt! br. DhA iii.84; ariy! b!hita -- p!patt! br. DA i.244. -- pl. br!hma*!se Sn
1079 sq. -- Var. ref8 in the Canon to all meanings of the term: D i.90, 94, 104, 119 sq., 136 (mah!s!l!), 150
(˚d(ta), 247; iii.44 sq., 61, 83 sq., 94 sq. (origin of), 147, 170, 258 (˚mah!s!l!), 270; M i.271 (˚kara*!
dhamm!), 280; ii.84, 148, 177; iii.60, 270 (a bhikkhu addressed as br.); S i.47, 54, 94 sq., 99 (˚kum!ra),
117, 125, 160 sq.; ii.77, 259; iv.157; v.194; A i.66, 110, 163 (tevijj!); 166; ii.176; iii.221 sq. (br!hma*a --
vagga); It 57 sq., 60, 98, 101; J iii.194; iv.9; vi.521 sq.; Vbh 393 sq. For br. with the meaning "arahant" see
also: Vin i.3; ii.156 (br. parinibbuta); Th 1, 140, 221 (brahma -- bandhu pure !si', id!ni kho 'mhi
br!hma*o); Dh 383 sq.; Sn passim (e.g. v. 142 kamman! hoti br!hma*o; 284 sq.); J iv.302 sq.; Miln 225.
Ten kinds of Br. are pronounced to be apet! brahmaññ! degraded fr. brahmanship J iv.361 sq. Diff. schools
of br. teachers are enumd at D i.237 sq. (Tevijja Sutta). -- br!hma*!na' pubbak! isayo mant!na' katt!ro
"the ten inspired Seers of old times, who composed the Vedic hymns"; their names are A&&haka, V!maka,
V!madeva, Vess!mitta, Yamataggi, Angirasa, Bh!radv!ja, V!se&&ha, Kassapa, Bhagu Vin i.245; D i.104; A
iii.224; iv.61; cp. VvA 265. -- f. br!hma*"
-- 495 --
(n. or adj.) the wife of a br!hma*a D i.193; J v.127 (of a purohita or high priest); DhA i.33; iv.176; PvA 55,
61, 64. Freq. in combn br!hma*" paj! this generation of br!hma*as, e. g. D i.249; A i.260; ii.23 (see paj!). -
- ibbh! Brahmins & Vai$yas J vi.228 sq. -- kum!rik! a brahmin young girl J iii.93. -- kula a br. clan or
family J ii.85, 394, 411; iii.147, 352; PvA 21, 61. -- gahapatik! priests & laymen ("clerk & yeoman" Rh. D.
in S.B.E. xi.258) D ii.178; iii.148, 153, 170 sq.; S i.59, 184; A i.110; Vin i.35; J i.83. -- g!ma a br. village
Vin i.197; D i.87, 127; S i.111; J ii.368; iii.293; iv.276. -- dhamma duty of a br.; see on contrast between
Brahma*ic & Buddhist view J iv.301 sq., cp. also SnA 312 -- 325 (br. -- dhammika -- suta) & Fick, l. c.
124. -- putta son of a br. PvA 62. -- bhojana giving food (alms) to brahmans Vin i.44. -- m!*ava a young
brahmin J iv.391. -- r(pa (in) form of a br. PvA 63. -- va..hak" a br. carpenter J iv.207. -- va**in having
the appearance of a brahmin Cp. x.10. -- v!canaka a br. disputation, some sort of elocution show J i.318;
iv.391. -- v!&aka circle of brahmins DhA iv.177 (v. l. ˚v!daka). -- v!*ija a br. merchant PvA 113. -- sacca a
brahmanic (i. e. standard, holy) truth A ii.176 (where the Buddha sets forth 4 such br. -- sacc!ni, diff. from
the usual 4 ariyasacc!ni).
Br!hma*a