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abrāhmaṇā

abrāhmaṇa

masc nom pl of abrāhmaṇa (noun); masc instr sg of abrāhmaṇa (noun); masc abl sg of abrāhmaṇa (noun); masc voc sg of abrāhmaṇa (noun); …

  1. not a Brahman; not a holy man
  2. not a man of the Brahman caste

Etymology. na > a + √brah > brāh + ma + *aṇa; from √brah 'increase'; Sanskrit abrāhmaṇa [bṛh]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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