Brachmanae

Brachmānae, ārum; -māni, ōrum, and -mānes, ium, m., = Βραχμᾶνες [Engl. Brahmins],

• the priests and learned caste of the Hindoos, the present Brahmins; form Brachmanae, Tert. Apol. 42.—Form Brachmani, Amm.23, 6, 33; 28, 1, 13.—Gen. Brachmanūm, Ap. Flor. 2, n. 15 (in Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 64, mentioned as separate tribes or nations: multarum gentium cognomen Brachmanae).

Brachmānae, ārum, m. u. Brachmānī, ōrum, u. ûm, m. (Βραχμανες), die Priester- u. Gelehrtenkaste der Hindus, die heutigen Brahminen, Form -ae, Tert. apol. 42 in. (u. Plin. 6, 64 als besondere Völkerschaft). – Form -i, Amm. 23, 6, 33. Apul. flor. 15 (wo auch Genet. Brachmanûm).

Brachmānae

or Brachmānes (Βραχμᾶνες). A name used by the ancient geographers, sometimes of a caste of priests in India (the Brahmins), sometimes, apparently, of all the people whose religion was Brahminism, and sometimes of a particular tribe. See India.