Brahman (disambiguation)

The words Brahm and Brahman and similar have various meanings:

Indian religions

• Brahma is the creator god, one of the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Maheswara (Shiva)
• Brahma (Buddhism) is a type of Buddhist deity
• Brahman is the Hindu idea of the formless transcendental immanent Divine, often in English called "the Brahman"
• The Brahmanas are important Hindu canonical texts that are part of each of the Vedas
• A type of Vedic priest
• A Brahmin is a person belonging to the Brahmins, the priestly caste among the four varnas

Places and languages

• Brahman languages are a hypothetical Trans–New Guinea family of languages spoken in Madang Province in Papua New Guinea
• Brahman, Papua New Guinea

People

• Brahm (surname)
• Boston Brahmin, a term often used to refer to the oldest families in Boston in Massachusetts, USA

Other uses

• Brahma (beer), a Brazilian brand of beer
• Brahma (chicken) a breed of chicken
• "Brahma" (poem), a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Brahmaeidae, also known as "Brahmin moths", a family of insects
• Brahman (band), a Japanese indie rock band
• Brahman (cattle) is a breed of cattle descended from the Bos indicus
• Brahmin (fictional cattle) is a two headed breed of cattle found in the Fallout series of games
• The Brahminy Kite is a species of bird
• Texas Brahmas, an American professional ice hockey team