Mahabrahmana, Mahābrahmāṇa, Maha-brahmana, Mahābrāhmaṇa: 10 definitions

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In Buddhism
1. Mahayana
2. General definition
Languages
1. Sanskrit
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Introduction:

Mahabrahmana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Mahābrāhmaṇa (महाब्राह्मण) refers to a “Great Brahmin”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [After Viṣṇudatta went to the Bhagavān for refuge]: “Then the Bhagavān comforted the Great Brahmin (mahābrāhmaṇa) and said, ‘Fear not, Great Brahmin, I shall be a refuge, shelter and last resort for you’. Then he remained silent”..

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Mahābrahmāṇa (महाब्रह्माण) refers to the “great Brahmās” and represents one of the eighteen “gods of the form-realms” (rūpāvacaradeva) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 128). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., mahā-brahmāṇa). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mahābrāhmaṇa (महाब्राह्मण).—

1) a great or learned Brāhmaṇa.

2) a low or contemptible Brāhmaṇa.

Derivable forms: mahābrāhmaṇaḥ (महाब्राह्मणः).

Mahābrāhmaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and brāhmaṇa (ब्राह्मण).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahābrāhmaṇa (महाब्राह्मण).—m.

(-ṇaḥ) 1. A priest who officiates at funeral ceremonies. 2. An eminent Brahmana. E. mahā great, and brāhmaṇa a Brahmana.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahābrāhmaṇa (महाब्राह्मण).—[masculine] a great Brahman.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Mahābrāhmaṇa (महाब्राह्मण) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Sv. Io. 1297. 2130. W. p. 67-69. Oxf. 377^b. 379^b. 380^a. Paris. (D 143). B. 1, 36. Ben. 16. Bik. 74. 75. Haug. 14. 15. 42. Oudh. Iii, 2 (and—[commentary]). Brl. 50. Burnell. 11^b. Mysore. 1. P. 6. Oppert. 1530. 2400. 7977. Ii, 10167. Peters. 2, 178. 179.
—[commentary] Np. Vi, 8. Rice. 56.
—[commentary] Sāmavedārthaprakāśa by Sāyaṇa. Io. 878 ([fragmentary]). Oxf. 379^b. 405^a. Paris. (D 143 A). Bik. 75 -77. Peters. 2, 179.
—[sub-commentary] Tāṇḍyabrāhmaṇabhāṣyaṭīkā by Harisvāmiputra. Peters. 2, 179.

Mahābrāhmaṇa has the following synonyms: Tāṇḍyabrāhmaṇa, Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa.

2) Mahābrāhmaṇa (महाब्राह्मण):—See Tāṇḍyabrāhmaṇa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Mahābrāhmaṇa (महाब्राह्मण):—[=mahā-brāhmaṇa] [from mahā > mah] m. a gr° Brāhman, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Śakuntalā]

2) [v.s. ...] a gr° B° (in ironical sense), [Mṛcchakaṭikā; Ratnāvalī] (= ṇindita-brahman, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.])

3) [v.s. ...] a priest who officiates at a Śrāddha or solemn ceremony in honour of deceased ancestors, [Horace H. Wilson]

4) [v.s. ...] n. ‘great Brāhmaṇa’, Name of the Tāṇḍya Br°

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Mahābrāhmaṇa (महाब्राह्मण):—[mahā-brāhmaṇa] (ṇaḥ) 1. m. A priest who officiates at funeral ceremonies.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mahabrahmana in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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