The Brahmanas (/ˈbrɑːmənəz/; Sanskrit: ब्राह्मणम्, IAST: Brāhmaṇam) are Vedic śruti works attached to the Samhitas (hymns and mantras) of the Rig, Sama...
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The Shatapatha Brahmana (Sanskrit: शतपथब्राह्मणम्, lit. 'Brāhmaṇa of one hundred paths', IAST: Śatapatha Brāhmaṇam, abbreviated to 'SB') is a commentary...
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The Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa (Sanskrit तैत्तिरीयब्राह्मण, meaning 'Brāhmaṇa of the school of Tittri', abbreviated to 'TB') is a commentary on the Krishna Yajurveda...
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Brāhmaṇa (Pali: ब्राह्मण Brāhmaṇa) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of north-eastern South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The territory...
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Bari Brahmana is a town and a notified area committee, just 25 km from Samba town in Samba district in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India...
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The Aitareya Brahmana (Sanskrit: ऐतरेय ब्राह्मण) is the Brahmana of the Shakala Shakha of the Rigveda, an ancient Indian collection of sacred hymns. This...
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Praudha Brahmana) ("great" Brahmana), also known as the Panchavimsha Brahmana from its consisting of twenty-five prapathakas (chapters) is a Brahmana of the...
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The Gopatha Brahmana (Sanskrit: गोपथ ब्राह्मण, Gopatha Brāhmaṇa) is the only Brahmana, a genre of the prose texts describing the Vedic rituals, associated...
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time along with nimiṣa, kāṣṭhā, and kalā in the Hindu calendar. In the Brāhmaṇas, muhūrta denotes a division of time: 1/30 of a day, or a period of 48...
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Sen Brahmana is a village located in Udhampur Tehsil of Udhampur district near Chenab river(Tawi) in Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is situated 22 km away...
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Yajurveda (section Satapatha Brahmana)
verses in Rigveda. The middle layer includes the Satapatha Brahmana, one of the largest Brahmana texts in the Vedic collection. The youngest layer of Yajurveda...
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Vamana (section Aitareya Brahmana)
intermediate stage is found in the Brahmanas ([Shatapatha Brahmana] 1, 2, 5; [Taittiriya Samhita] 2, 1, 3; [Taittiriya Brahmana] 1, 6, 1), where Vishnu takes...
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Aranyaka (section Rahasya Brahmanas)
The other parts of the Vedas are the Samhitas (benedictions, hymns), Brahmanas (commentary), and the Upanishads (spirituality and abstract philosophy)...
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Utkala Brahmin (redirect from Utkala Brahmana)
Utkala Brahmins, also known as Odia Brahmins, are a Brahmin community who belong to the state of Odisha, India. Utkala Brahmins are the historical caretakers...
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Samaveda (redirect from Jaiminiya Brahmana)
Yajurveda. Along with the Samhita layer of text, the Samaveda includes Brahmana texts, and a final layer of the text that covers philosophical speculations...
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(Sanskrit for "given to Brahmana") was tax free land gift either in form of single plot or whole villages donated to Brahmanas in the early medieval India...
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Brahmana Periya-Agraharam is a neighborhood in the city of Erode, Tamil Nadu, India. It functioned as an independent Village Panchayat until the corporation...
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Sadvimsha Brahmana (Ṣaḍviṃṡa Brāhmaṇa) (ṢadvB) is considered as an appendix to the Panchavimsha Brahmana (which has twenty-five Books) and its twenty-sixth...
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Aupamanyava (section Vamsa Brahmana)
In the Vamsa Brahmana of Vedic literature, Aupamanyava is listed as a Vedic sage and teacher of the Sama Veda. The patronymic Aupamanyava or "Upmanya"...
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Jaiminiya Upanishad Brahmana (JUB) (Sanskrit: जैमिनीय उपनिषद्-ब्राह्मण, Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaņa) or the Talavakara Upanishad Brahmana (Sanskrit: तलवकार...
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enumerate these rishis by name, although later Vedic texts such as the Brahmanas and Upanisads do so these constellations are easily recognizable. An early...
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by Brahmana then Vaishya. In Shatapatha Brahmana 13.8.3.11, the Rajanya are placed second. In Shatapatha Brahmana 1.1.4.12 the order is—Brahmana, Vaishya...
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role peaked in the Brahmanas layer of Vedic texts, then declined to being a group of helpers in the creation process. In some Brahmana texts, his role remains...
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worlds, or as 12 Adityas, 11 Rudras, eight Vasus and two Ashvins in the Brahmanas. The thirty-three deities are: Eight Vasus (deities of material elements)...
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Rigveda (section Rigveda Brahmanas)
has also been given. The text is layered, consisting of the Samhita, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanishads. The Rigveda Samhita is the core text and is...
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Phragmacossia brahmana is a species of moth of the family Cossidae. It is found in southern India. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phragmacossia brahmana. Wikispecies...
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(one of the "four Vedas" properly so-called), as well as its associated Brahmana, Aranyakas, Shrautasutras, Grhyasutras and Upanishads. In traditional Hindu...
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