Brahmavādin
Brahmavādin · brahma-vādin, “one who speaks of Brahman”
Grammar: masculine noun, a compound of brahma and vādin (one who speaks); also written Brahmavādī.
Meaning: one who speaks of Brahman.
In the scriptures: Brahmā tells Bhagavān Rudra that the Sūrya-maṇḍala is the place of pūjā for the Brahmavādins and the Brahmayajñavādins (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 53). Before the ratha of Bhagavān Sūrya moves, those who speak of Brahman should undertake to draw it (Brahma Parva, Chapter 58).
Sūta tells the munis that the Brahmavādīs have said that everything is attained from dharma alone, and that dharma holds the whole moving and unmoving universe (Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapter 1). The āstika Brahmavādīs, with the yatis, yogīs, tāpasas, siddhas and jāpakas, sing the gāthā of Parameshṭhī Brahmā. Only dvijas who are settled Brahmavādīs go to Rudraloka; tāpasas and Brahmavādīs free of ahantā and mamatā, empty of kāma and krodha, can see Mahādeva there (Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 2–3).
Related terms: Brahmayajñavādin · Rudraloka
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapters 53, 58; Madhyama Parva, Bhāga 1, Chapters 1–3