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Brahmana

brah·mana

uncommon

noun

1.

prose works attached to the Samhitas instructing the Brahmins to perform the very elaborate sacrificial rituals

Origin

Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्राह्मण (brā́hmaṇa). Doublet of brahmin.

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