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Brahmin (/ ˈ b r ɑː m ɪ n /; Sanskrit: ब्राह्मण, romanized: brāhmaṇa) is a varna within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the Kshatriya , Vaishya and Shudra .
There is no one single word in modern Western languages that can render the various shades of meaning of the word Brahman in the Vedic literature, according to Jan Gonda. [32] In verses considered as the most ancient, the Vedic idea of Brahman is the "power immanent in the sound, words, verses and formulas of Vedas".
Over the millennia of its development, Hinduism has adopted several iconic symbols, forming part of Hindu iconography, that are imbued with spiritual meaning based on either the scriptures or cultural traditions. The exact significance accorded to any of the icons varies with region, period and denomination of the followers.
Brahmā (Phra Phrom) at Wat Yannawa in Bangkok, Thailand. The origins of Brahma in Buddhism and other Indian religions are uncertain, in part because several related words, such as the word for metaphysical "Ultimate Reality" and the word for "priest/wise person" (), are both found in the Vedic literature.
[6] [b] The Om symbol of Hinduism is considered to have an allusion to Trimurti, where the A, U, and M phonemes of the word are considered to indicate creation, preservation and destruction, adding up to represent Brahman. [7] The Tridevi is the trinity of goddess consorts for the Trimurti. [8]
Brahmi is an abugida, meaning that each letter represents a consonant, while vowels are written with obligatory diacritics called mātrās in Sanskrit, except when the vowels begin a word. When no vowel is written, the vowel /a/ is understood.
In the Indian Philosophy, the word "Brahmanical" has two major meanings. The first meaning is related to the concept of Brahman as the Supreme reality. [ 2 ] Similarly the second meaning is related to the thoughts of Brahmins .
Indus script – symbols produced by the Indus Valley Civilisation Indian Script Code for Information Interchange (ISCII) – the coding scheme specifically designed to represent Indic scripts References