brahman

[apte] n. [bṛṃh-manin nakārasyākāre ṛto ratvaṃ; cf. Uṇ. 4. 145] 1 The Su- preme Being, regarded as impersonal and divested of all quality and ac- tion; (according to the Vedāntins, Brahman is both the efficient and the material cause of the visible universe, the all-pervading soul and spirit of the universe, the essence from which all created things are produced and into which they are absorbed; asti...

[mw] n. (lit. growth, expansion, evolution, development swelling of the spirit or soul, fr. 2. bṛh) pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the heart in worshipping the gods, prayer RV.; AV.; VS.; TS. 737,3 146546 n. the sacred word (as opp. to vāc, the word of man), the Veda veda, a sacred text, a text or Mantra mantra used as a spell (forming a distinct class from the ṛcas, sāmāni and yajūṃṣi; cf. brahma-veda) RV.;...