The Brahmins of India have long maintained that they, by their birth, are worthy of the highest respect Buddhists borrowed the term "brahmin" to apply to arahants to show that respect is earned not by birth, race, or caste, but by spiritual attainment through following the right path of practice Most of the verses in the Dhammapada use the word brahmin in this special sense; those using the word in its ordinary sense are indicated in the notes
A member of the highest caste (varna); traditionally identified as specialists concerned with relations with ultimate reality, custodians and teachers of the Veda(s) and other Hindu scriptures
any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant grayish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding