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Brahmajee K. Nallamothu
Brahmajee K. Nallamothu, also published as Brahmajee Nallamothu, is an American interventional cardiologist at the University of Michigan known for research on door-to-balloon times in heart attack care.
Brahman (ब्रह्मन्)
Brahman (ब्रह्मन्) is the Sanskrit term for the ultimate divine reality in Hindu thought, distinct from brahmin (priest caste), Brahmanas (ritual texts), and Brahma (creator god); central to the Upanishads and Vedanta schools.
Brahmananda Saraswati
Brahmananda Saraswati, known to followers as Guru Dev, was born Rajaram Mishra and served as the 43rd Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath from 1941 until his death in 1953.
Brahmanandam (కన్నెగంటి బ్రహ్మానందం)
Brahmanandam (Kanneganti Brahmanandam), born 1956, is an Indian actor and comedian of Telugu cinema who holds the Guinness World Record for most films in one language and received the Padma Shri in 2009.
Brahmanbaria District
Brāhmanbāria (Brahmanbaria, ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া) is a district of Chittagong Division, east-central Bangladesh, on the Titas River; formed 15 February 1984 from Comilla district, with 9 upazilas, about 3.3 million people, and the Titas gas fields.
Brahmapur, Odisha
Brahmapur (Berhampur), Odisha: fourth-largest city of Odisha in Ganjam district, 14 km from the Bay of Bengal; trade, education and healthcare hub of southern Odisha with Odisha's first municipality (1867).
Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited
Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) is an Indian central public sector enterprise, led by GAIL, that operates a petrochemical complex at Lepetkata in Dibrugarh district, Assam.
Brahmaputra dam disputes
The Brahmaputra dam disputes are disagreements among China, India, and Bangladesh over hydropower dams and water diversion on the Brahmaputra River, with no binding water-sharing treaty.
Brahmaputra River
The Brahmaputra (Yarlung Tsangpo, Siang, Jamuna) is a 2,880 km transboundary river flowing from Tibet through India and Bangladesh, with a 580,000 sq km basin, extreme monsoon floods, heavy sediment load, and no basin-wide water treaty.
Brahmastra (ब्रह्मास्त्र)
Brahmastra (ब्रह्मास्त्र, brahmāstra), the supreme celestial weapon of Brahmā in the Ramayana and Mahabharata, invoked by mantra, restricted to non-human enemies, and widely read as a mythological analogue to weapons of mass destruction.
Brahmastra Part One: Shiva
Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva, Ayan Mukerji's 2022 Hindi fantasy film starring Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, launched the Astraverse trilogy, grossed about US$53 million worldwide, and won National Film Awards for Best Film in AVGC and Pritam's music.
Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva
Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva is a 2022 Hindi fantasy adventure film by Ayan Mukerji, opening the Astraverse trilogy, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, and Amitabh Bachchan, grossing over ₹400 crore worldwide.
Brahmayu
Brahmayu (ब्रह्मायु) is the aged brahmin teacher of Mithilā in the Pali Canon who, at 120, verified the Buddha's marks and became his lay disciple.
Brahmi ghrta
Brahmi ghrta (Brāhmī Ghṛta, ब्राह्मी घृत) is a classical Ayurvedic medicated ghee with Bacopa monnieri, vacha, kushtha, and shankhapushpi, prescribed for Unmada, Apasmara, and cognitive disorders; distinct from Brahmi vati and Brahmi churna.
Brahmi script
Brahmi (Brāhmī) is the ancient left-to-right abugida of the Indian subcontinent, first attested fully developed in Ashoka's 3rd-century BCE edicts, deciphered by James Prinsep in 1837, and the parent of nearly all modern Indic scripts; its origin (Aramaic vs indigenous) remains debated.
Brahmi Vati
Brahmi Vati (Brāhmī vaṭī), an official Ayurvedic herbo-mineral tablet built on Bacopa monnieri, studied for anxiety, hypertension, and PMDD; formulary dose 125–250 mg; heavy-metal contamination risk in some marketed products.
Brahmic scripts
Brahmic scripts, also called Indic scripts, are the abugida family descended from Brahmi, first attested in 3rd century BCE Ashokan inscriptions, defined by consonants carrying an inherent vowel plus dependent vowel signs, spanning Devanagari, Tamil, Thai, Khmer, and Tibetan.
Brahmin (ब्राह्मण)
Brahmin (ब्राह्मण, Brahman): highest of the four Hindu varnas, historically priests, teachers, and scholars. About 65–70 million people in India and Nepal, over 1,800 endogamous subgroups divided into Pancha Gauda and Pancha Dravida.
Brahmo Samaj (ব্রাহ্মসমাজ)
Brahmo Samaj (ব্রাহ্মসমাজ), begun as the Brahmo Sabha, is a monotheistic Indian religious movement founded by Rammohun Roy in Calcutta in 1828 and re-founded by Debendranath Tagore in 1843.
BrahMos
BrahMos, designated PJ-10, is a supersonic cruise missile developed jointly by India and Russia, launchable from land, ships, submarines, and aircraft, with a range up to 290 km.
BrahMos-II
BrahMos-II, also written BrahMos 2, is a hypersonic cruise missile under development by BrahMos Aerospace, an Indo-Russian joint venture, intended to fly at Mach 5 or faster on a scramjet engine.
Brahmotsavam (బ్రహ్మోత్సవం) (film)
Brahmotsavam (బ్రహ్మోత్సవం) is a 2016 Telugu family drama directed by Srikanth Addala, starring Mahesh Babu, Kajal Aggarwal, Samantha, and Pranitha; a PVP Cinema production that flopped at the box office.
Brahms (Mercurian crater)
Brahms is a roughly 100-km-wide complex impact crater in Mercury's northern hemisphere, H-3 quadrangle, named for composer Johannes Brahms in 1979; it has a central peak complex, terraced walls, and many secondary craters.
Brahms: The Boy II
Brahms: The Boy II is a 2020 supernatural horror film directed by William Brent Bell, starring Katie Holmes, and a sequel to the 2016 film The Boy.
Brahui language
Brahui (Brāhūī) is a North Dravidian language of Baluchistan, Pakistan, with related communities in Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkmenistan, related to Kurukh and Malto; only about 15 percent of its vocabulary is Dravidian.
Braid
Braid: a narrow textile structure made by diagonally interlacing three or more strands of thread, wire, or fiber. One thread system unlike weaving; used for ropes, kumihimo cords, and composite reinforcement.
Braid (video game)
Braid (2008) is Jonathan Blow's indie puzzle platformer, first on Xbox 360, where Tim rewinds and bends time differently in each world to collect puzzle pieces; remastered as Braid, Anniversary Edition (2024) with 15 hours of commentary.
Braid group
The braid group on n strands, introduced by Emil Artin in 1925, consists of braids multiplied by stacking; it connects topology, knot theory, and quantum computing.
Braided monoidal category
A braided monoidal category, also called a braided tensor category, is a monoidal category with a braiding that switches tensor factors, introduced by André Joyal and Ross Street in 1986.
Braided river
A braided river is a river that flows in multiple, mobile channels separated by temporary bars and islands, one of three classic channel patterns alongside meandering and straight.