Brahmana

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Brah·ma·na

B0446250 (brä′mə-nə)n. Any of several ancient Hindu religious prose texts that explain the relationship of the Vedas to the sacrificial ceremonies.

[Sanskrit Brāhmaṇam, from neuter of brāhmaṇa-, brahminical; see Brahman.]

(ˈbrɑːmənə) n (Hinduism) Hinduism any of a number of sacred treatises added to each of the Vedas

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Brahmana - prose works attached to the Samhitas instructing the bahmins to perform the very elaborate sacrificial rituals