Pāli Dictionary

brahma

brahrootmasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

brah1वृद्धि

Synonyms

āyata

cosmology

  • ब्रह्मा; सृष्टिकर्ता; ब्रह्मलोक के देवता

  • Brahma; the creator god; a brahma god (inhabitant of the higher heavens)

general

  • ब्राह्मण; संत; पवित्र व्यक्ति

  • a brahmin; a holy man; a pious person

  • (विशेषण के रूप में) दिव्य; पवित्र; सर्वोच्च; उत्कृष्ट; शुद्ध

  • (as adjective) divine; holy; supreme; excellent; pure

  • AN 10.21

    idam'pi, bhikkhave, tathāgatassa tathāgatabalaṃ hoti, yaṃ balaṃ āgamma tathāgato āsabhaṃ ṭhānaṃ paṭijānāti, parisāsu sīhanādaṃ nadati, brahmacakkaṃ pavatteti.

  • Kp 9

    tiṭṭhañ'caraṃ nisinno vā, sayāno vā yāvat'assa vigatamiddho, etaṃ satiṃ adhiṭṭheyya, brahmam'etaṃ vihāraṃ idha'm'āhu.

doctrine

  • बुद्ध की उपाधि (सर्वोच्च, दिव्य)

  • an epithet of the Buddha (the supreme or divine one)

  • वेद; पवित्र ज्ञान; परम श्रेय; पवित्र आचरण

  • the Veda; sacred knowledge; the supreme good; holy practice

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