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Brahma & Brahmā Brāhmaṇa

sq., 160; VbA 68; PvA 76; VbhA 167, 433, 437, 510. See Brahmacariyaka (adj.) [fr. brahmacariya] only in phrase ādi°
also Cpd. 57, 141 sq.; Kirfel, Kosmographie 26, 191, 197, leading to the highest purity of life D i.189, 191; iii.284; A
207, and cp. in BSk. literature Lal. Vist. 171. The Br. — iv.166.
l. is said to be the one place where there are no women: DhA
Brahmacariyavant (adj.) [fr. brahmacariya] leading the reli-
i.270. — yāva Brahmalokā pi even unto Br.'s heaven, expres-
gious life, pure, chaste S i.182; Dh 267.
sion like "as far as the end of the world" M i.34; S v.265, 288.
Brahmañña (adj.) [fr. brāhmaṇa] brahman, of the brahman rank;
— °ûpaga attaining to the highest heaven D ii.196; A v.342;
brahmanhood, of higher conduct, leading a pure life D i.115
Sn 139; J ii.61; Kvu 114. — °ûpapatti rebirth in Heaven Sn
(at which passage DA i.286 includes Sāriputta, Moggallāna &
139. — °parāyana the Br. — loka as ultimate goal J ii.61;
Mahākassapa in this rank); M ii.167; A i.143. — abstr. der.
iii.396. — °sahavyatā the company of the Br. gods A iv.135
brāhmaññā (nt.) higher or holy state, excellency of a virtu-
sq. -yāna the best vehicle S v.5 (+dhammayāna). -vaccasin
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with a body like that of Mahābrahmā, comb with -vaṇṇin of ous life D i.166; Vin iii.44; J iv.362 (=brāhmaṇa dhamma C.);
brahmañña (nt.) D ii.248; brahmaññā (f.) D iii.72, 74; A
most excellent complexion, in ster. passage at D i.114, 115;
i.142; & brahmaññattha (nt.) S iii.192; v.25 sq., 195; A i.260
M ii.167, cp. DA i.282: °vaccasī ti Mahābrahmuṇo sarīra —
(brāhmaññattha).
sadisena sarīrena samannāgato; °vaṇṇī ti seṭṭhavaṇṇī. -vāda
most excellent speech Vin i.3. -vimāna a palace of Brahmā Brahmaññatā (& brāh°) [fr. brahma or brāhmaṇa] state of a
in the highest heaven D iii.28, 29; It 15; Vism 108. -vihāra brahman D iii.145, 169; Dh 332, cp. DhA iv.33. — Neg.
sublime or divine state of mind, blissful meditation (exercises a° D iii.70, 71.
on a, altruistic concepts; b, equanimity; see on these medita-
Brahmaññattha see brahmañña.
tions Dial i.298). There are 4 such "divine states," viz. mettā,
Brahmatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. brahma] state of a Brahma god, exis-
karuṇā, muditā, upekkhā (see Vism 111; DhsA 192; and cp.
tence in the Br. world Vbh 337; Vism 301; VbhA 437; DhA
Expositor 258; Dhs trsl. 65; BSk. same, e. g. Divy 224); D
i.110. brahmattabhāva is to be read as brahm' attabhāva (see
ii.196; iii.220 (one of the 3 vihāra's: dibba°, brahma°, ariya°);
under brahma).
Th 1, 649; J i.139 (°vihāre bhāvetvā... brahmalok' ûpaga),
ii.61; Dhs 262; Vism 295 sq. (°niddesa), 319. -veṭhana the Brahmattara at J iii.207 (of a castle) is probably to be read brah-
head — dress of a brahmin SnA 138 (one of the rare passages muttara "even higher than Brahmā," i. e. unsurpassed, mag-
ns
where brahma°=brahma III. 1). -sama like Brahmā Sn 508; nificent. C. expl by suvaṇṇa-pāsāda.
SnA 318, 325; DhsA 195. -ssara "heavenly sound," a divine
Brahmavant (adj.) [fr. brahma] "having Brahmā," possessed or
voice, a beautiful and deep voice (with 8 fine qualities: see full of Brahmā; f. brahmavatī Np. Vism 434.
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enum under bindu) D ii.211=227; J i.96; v.336.
Brāhmañña. brāhmaññatā & brāhmaññattha see brahmañ°.
Brahmaka (adj.) only in cpd. sa° with Brahmā (or the Br. world).
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Brāhmaṇa [fr. brahma; cp. Vedic brāhmaṇa, der. fr. brahmán]
q. v.
a member of the Brahman caste; a Br. teacher. In the Bud-
Brahmacariya (nt.) [brahma+cariya] a term (not in the strictly dhist terminology also used for a man leading a pure, sinless
Buddhist sense) for observance of vows of holiness, partic- & ascetic life, often even syn. with arahant. — On brāhmaṇas
ularly of chastity: good & moral living (brahmaṁ cariyaṁ as a caste & their representation in the Jātaka collection see
brahmāṇaṁ vā cariyaṁ=brahmacariyaṁ KhA 151); esp. in
Fick, Sociale Gliederung; esp. ch. 8, pp. 117 — 162. — Var.
Buddh. sense the moral life, holy life, religious life, as way
fanciful etymologies, consisting of a word — play, in P. def-
to end suffering, Vin i.12, 19, renouncing the world, study of
initions are e. g. "sattannaṁ dhammānaṁ bāhitattā br." (like
the Dhamma D i.84, 155; ii.106; iii.122 sq., 211; M i.77, 147, 1 2 a
def. of bhikkhu) Nd 86=Nd 464 (cp. Sn 519); ye keci bho
193, 205, 426, 463, 492, 514; ii.38; iii.36, 116; S i.38, 43, 1 2 b
— vādikā Nd 249=Nd 464 ; brahā — sukhavihāra — jhāna
87, 105, 154, 209; ii.24, 29, 120, 219, 278, 284 (°pariyosāna);
— jhāyin Miln 226; pāpaṁ bāhesuṁ D iii.94; bāhita — pā-
iii.83, 189; iv.51, 104, 110, 126, 136 sq., 163, 253, v.7 sq., 15
pattā br. DhA iii.84; ariyā bāhita — pāpattā br. DA i.244. —
sq., 26 sq., 54 sq., 233, 262, 272, 352; A i.50, 168, 225; ii.26, 8
pl. brāhmaṇāse Sn 1079 sq. — Var. ref in the Canon to all
44, 185; iii.250, 346; iv.311; v.18, 71, 136; Sn 267, 274 (vas
meanings of the term: D i.90, 94, 104, 119 sq., 136 (mahāsālā),
— uttama), 566, 655, 1128; Th 1, 1027, 1079; It 28, 48, 78, 150 (°dūta), 247; iii.44 sq., 61, 83 sq., 94 sq. (origin of), 147,
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111; Dh 155, 156, 312; J iii.396; iv.52; Pv ii.9 ; DhA iv.42
170, 258 (°mahāsālā), 270; M i.271 (°karaṇā dhammā), 280;
(vasuttamaṁ); VbhA 504. — brahmacariyaṁ vussati to live
ii.84, 148, 177; iii.60, 270 (a bhikkhu addressed as br.); S
the religious life A i.115 (cp. °ṁ vusitaṁ in formula under
i.47, 54, 94 sq., 99 (°kumāra), 117, 125, 160 sq.; ii.77, 259;
Arahant II. A); °assa kevalin wholly given up to a good life A
iv.157; v.194; A i.66, 110, 163 (tevijjā); 166; ii.176; iii.221
i.162; °ṁ santānetuṁ to continue the good life A iii.90; DhA
sq. (brāhmaṇa — vagga); It 57 sq., 60, 98, 101; J iii.194;
i.119; komāra° the religious training of a well — bred youth
iv.9; vi.521 sq.; Vbh 393 sq. For br. with the meaning "ara-
A iii.224; Sn 289. — abrahmacariya unchastity, an immoral hant" see also: Vin i.3; ii.156 (br. parinibbuta); Th 1, 140, 221
life, sinful living M i.514; D i.4; Sn 396; KhA 26. (brahma — bandhu pure āsiṁ, idāni kho 'mhi brāhmaṇo); Dh
-antarāya raping DhA ii.52. -ânuggaha a help to purity 383 sq.; Sn passim (e.g. v. 142 kammanā hoti brāhmaṇo; 284
A i.167; iv.167; Dhs 1348. -ûpaddava a disaster to religious sq.); J iv.302 sq.; Miln 225. Ten kinds of Br. are pronounced
life, succumbing to worldly desires M iii.116. -vāsa state of to be apetā brahmaññā degraded fr. brahmanship J iv.361
chastity, holy & pure life; adj. living a pure life A i.253; J sq. Diff. schools of br. teachers are enum at D i.237 sq.
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iii.393; Kvu 93; DhA i.225. (Tevijja Sutta). — brāhmaṇānaṁ pubbakā isayo mantānaṁ
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