All 14 Uses of
Brahman
in
A Passage to India
- Oho, the Deccani Brahman!†
Chpt 7 *
- Do you know what Deccani Brahmans say?†
Chpt 7
- Professor Godbole must be quite unlike all other Deccani Brahmans from all I can hear say.†
Chpt 7
- The Brahman, polite and enigmatic, did not impede his eloquence, and even applauded it.†
Chpt 7
- A strange quartette—he fluttering to the ground, she puzzled by the sudden ugliness, Ronny fuming, the Brahman observing all three, but with downcast eyes and hands folded, as if nothing was noticeable.†
Chpt 7
- The Professor was not a very strict Hindu—he would take tea, fruit, soda-water and sweets, whoever cooked them, and vegetables and rice if cooked by a Brahman; but not meat, not cakes lest they contained eggs, and he would not allow anyone else to eat beef: a slice of beef upon a distant plate would wreck his happiness.†
Chpt 13
- The Brahman lowered his eyes, ashamed of religion.†
Chpt 13
- So the cavalcade ended, partly pleasant, partly not; the Brahman cook was picked up, the train arrived, pushing its burning throat over the plain, and the twentieth century took over from the sixteenth.†
Chpt 16
- He stared again—a most useless operation, for no eye could see what lay at the bottom of the Brahman's mind, and yet he had a mind and a heart too, and all his friends trusted him, without knowing why.†
Chpt 19
- Three minutes before it was due, a Brahman brought forth a model of the village of Gokul (the Bethlehem in that nebulous story) and placed it in front of the altar.†
Chpt 33
- He was a Brahman, she Christian, but it made no difference, it made no difference whether she was a trick of his memory or a telepathic appeal.†
Chpt 33
- For here the cleavage was between Brahman and non-Brahman; Moslems and English were quite out of the running, and sometimes not mentioned for days.†
Chpt 34
- For here the cleavage was between Brahman and non-Brahman; Moslems and English were quite out of the running, and sometimes not mentioned for days.†
Chpt 34
- Since Godbole was a Brahman, Aziz was one also for purposes of intrigue: they would often joke about it together.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
the supreme spirit found in Hinduism
or:
highest rank in the traditional Hindu caste system (more correctly spelled, Brahmin)
or:
highest rank in the traditional Hindu caste system (more correctly spelled, Brahmin)
Although less correct, this word (Brahman) is often used for Brahmin (highest rank in the traditional Hindu caste system) because in Sanskrit they are spelled "brahmán" and "bráhman" respectively. Brahman is associated with god Brahma.