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'''Brahmin''' or '''brahman''' (Skt. ''brāhmaṇ''; Tib. [[བྲམ་ཟེ་རིགས་]], Wyl. ''bram ze'') is the priestly caste, one of the four castes or hereditary classes (Skt. ''varṇa'') of Hinduism, the others being the [[kshatriya]], [[vaishya]] and [[shudra]]. | '''Brahmin''' or '''brahman''' (Skt. ''brāhmaṇ''; Tib. [[བྲམ་ཟེ་རིགས་]], [[Wyl.]] ''bram ze'') is the priestly caste, one of the four castes or hereditary classes (Skt. ''varṇa'') of Hinduism, the others being the [[kshatriya]], [[vaishya]] and [[shudra]]. | ||
Not to be confused with [[Brahman]] – a metaphysical concept in Hinduism, [[Brahma]] – a Hindu god, or [[Brahmanas]] – a layer of text in the [[Vedas]]. | Not to be confused with [[Brahman]] – a metaphysical concept in Hinduism, [[Brahma]] – a Hindu god, or [[Brahmanas]] – a layer of text in the [[Vedas]]. | ||
Revision as of 07:20, 26 October 2017
Brahmin or brahman (Skt. brāhmaṇ; Tib. བྲམ་ཟེ་རིགས་, Wyl. bram ze) is the priestly caste, one of the four castes or hereditary classes (Skt. varṇa) of Hinduism, the others being the kshatriya, vaishya and shudra.
Not to be confused with Brahman – a metaphysical concept in Hinduism, Brahma – a Hindu god, or Brahmanas – a layer of text in the Vedas.