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brahmā

brahma

masc nom sg of brahma (noun); masc nom pl of brahma (noun); masc nom pl of brahma (adj); fem nom sg of brahma (adj); …

1. God; creator god
2. Brahman; holy man
3. long; extended; fully grown
4. divine; holy; (comm) highest; distinguished
5. epithet of the Buddha; lit. god

Etymology. √brah + ma; from √brah 'increase'; Sanskrit brahma [bṛh]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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