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brahme

brahma

masc voc sg of brahma (noun); masc acc pl of brahma (adj); nt acc pl of brahma (adj); masc loc sg of brahma (adj); …

1. brahma (masc): God; creator god
2. brahma (masc): Brahman; holy man
3. brahma (adj): long; extended; fully grown
4. brahma (adj): divine; holy; (comm) highest; distinguished
5. brahme (masc): divine being; holy one; lord
6. brahma (masc): epithet of the Buddha; lit. god

Etymology. √brah + ma; from √brah 'increase'; Sanskrit brahma [bṛh]

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

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