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a class of gods, 7, 293; Buddha mistaken for one of the B., 19, 72; the 12,000 followers of Brahma Sahâmpati, 21, 5. Brahmaketu, the 77th Tathagata, 49 (i), 7. Brahmaliptaka Kula, of the Kautika Gana, 22, 292. Brahmaloka, the world of Brahman (masc.), how can one obtain it? 10 (ii), 84 sq.; what B. means, 34, 180 sq.; long life of the gods in B., 45, 84, 84 n.; see also Brahmaworld.
Brahman (neut., Nom. Brahima, masc., Nom. Brahmâ).
(a) The B. (neuter) in the sense of holy word or priesthood.
(6) Nature and qualities of the B. (neul.) as the divine principle.
(c) Names, forms, and symbols under which the B. (neut.) is meditated upon.
(d) Oneness of the B. (neut.). (c) The B. (neut.) and the world.
The B. (neut.) and the individual soul. (g) Devotion to and absorption in the B. (neut.).
(4) Knowledge of the B. (neut.). (2) The higher and the lower B. (7) Passages in which B. may be either
masc, or neuter.
(k) The god B. (masc.), also called Sahampati, Svayambhu, Hiranyagarbha.
(a) THE B. (NEUTER) IN THE SENSE OF HOLY WORD OR PRIESTHOOD.
Vasukra, the author of a hymn, identified with the B., 1, 169; the Brahman priest is full of B. (Veda), 1, 259; is the self seen in the great hymn, 1, 260; identified with the Vedas, 1, 279; 'slayers of the B.' i. e. of the Veda, are called those whose father and grandfather have not been initiated, 2, 5; Vishnu fond of B. (Veda), 7, 293; those who are first in the Vedas are forms of the B., 8, 161; Agni or fire is the B., 12, 90, 114 sq., 134, 341; 26, 37 sq.; 43, 85; Palasa tree is B., 12, 90, 90 n.; identified with speech, truth, and the three Vyâhritis, 12, 296 sq.; the B. and the threefold science, 12, 449 sq.; 25, 483; delivered the creatures over to Death, except the Brahmakârin, 14, 156; 44, 48; placed its majesty in the Brahmanas, 14, 199; invoked to purify from sin, 14, 251; offerings to B. (priesthood) and Kshatra, 15, 211; is Brihaspati, or the
Lord of prayer, 26, 23, 59, 59 11., 180; 29, 280; 43, 192; 44, 258, 314, 402, 411; B. is sacrifice, 26, 23, 35; by the Dîkshâ the sacrificer is born of the B., 26, 35; means worship, Vedic religion or priests, 26, 78, 219 sq.; 42, lxiii; as the sacerdotium or sacred writ, is the truth, 26, 272; Tutha is the B., 26, 344; the Brahmodya or discussion on the B. at the end of a Sattra, 26, 452 sq. and n.; B. which is long-lived through the Brahmanas, invoked to give long life to the newborn child, 29, 294; the teacher places the student to be initiated in the B., 30, 152; is the source of the Veda, 34, xxxii, 19-22; king and priest address each other as B., 41, 108-10; first created from the egg, 41, 146; Pragâpati is the whole B., 41, 353; 44, 409, 409 n.; meaning charm, spell, 42, lxvi; 46, 194; spiritual exaltation, supports the earth, 42, 199, 202; begotten by the Brahmakârin (the sun), 42, 215; begotten from Time, 42, 224 sq., 686; Ukkbishta is B., 42, 226-9, 629 sq.; B.'s layer (of the firealtar), 43, 81; the Rishis are the first-born B., 43, 100; the B. (mystic science) has nothing before it and nothing after it, 43, 338; the B.'s fore-portion, 44, 36; kindling-verse identified with the B., 44, 39; the Brahmakârin makes himself over to B., 44, 86 sq.; daily sacrifice to the B., consisting in Veda-study, one of the 'five great sacrifices,' 44, 95-9, see also Veda (c); by the B. (holy writ, holiness, priesthood) he gains the heavenly world, 44, 221; the seven-syllabled B. (holy writ), 43, 314 sq.; expiatory formula addressed to the B., 44, 337 n.
(6) NATURE AND QUALITIES OF THE B. (NEUT.) AS THE DIVINE
PRINCIPLE.
B. is the True (Sat, rò "vros ov), pure Being, 1, 98 n., 130, 201, 278 sq.; 8, 315; 12, 296 sq.; 15, 18, 36, 58, 108, 190 sq., 306; 26, 272; 34, lii, 167, 266 sq., 332; 38, 19 sq., 160, 216 sq., 234; 48, 45, 71, 193, 302-5, 432, 616, 652; as
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