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She saves Waverley's the bells of Notre Dame around the neck of his horse. Braham (bra'am), John. Born at London about 1774: died at London, Feb. 17, 1856. An English tenor singer ing IMG:content-0217.png:[blocks in formation] Marathise (Brahmaputra) is sometimes given to the stream formed by the main river, the Dihong, with the Dibong and Brahmakunda. It sends part of its water to the Ganges, and forms with the Ganges a vast delta at the head of the bay of Bengal. Length, 1,800 miles. Navigable to Dibrugarh, about 800 miles. Sanpo ( Tsan - pu , etc.); in A am Dihong . It near Brahmaputra Valley Division. A division at Knudstrup, in Scania, Sweden, Dec. 14 (O. S.), 1546: died at Prague, Bohemia, Oct. 24 (N. S.), 1601. A celebrated Danish astronomer. He built, under the patronage of Frederick II. of Den mark, an observatory, the Uranienborg, completed 1580, on the island of Hven; and, entering the service of the emperor Rudolph II., settled at Prague in 1599. He discovered a new star in Ca iopeia in 1572, discovered of A am, India. Area, 21,414 square miles. the variation of the moon and the fourth inequality of Brahma sabha (brahma-sa'bhä), or Brahmi- the motion of the moon, and is said never to have been yasamaj (bräh-mē"ya-sa-mäj'). "The society surpa ed as a practical astronomer, although he rejected of believers in God": the theistic church found- Brahma (bra ma), Brahman (brä'man). [The Rd by the Hindu religious and si ed social reformer Sanskrit has a neuter word brahman (nom- Brahma bunt a in Bengal, the Copernican system. i native brahma ), and a masculine brahmán English prelate, theologian, and mathematician, surnamed "Doctor Pro fundus." He was appointed archbishop of Canterbury in 1349. His works include "De causa Dei,' "De quadratura circuli," "Geometria speculativa," "Ars memorativa," etc. Brady (bra'di), Nicholas. Born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, Oct. 28, 1659: died at Richmond, England, May 20, 1726. An English divine and poet, collaborator with Tate in the "New Version of the Psalms of David" (1695-1703). Brady, Widow. See Irish Widow, The . Brag, Jack. See Jack Brag . Brag, Sir Jack. A nickname given to General John Burgoyne (died 1792). Braga (brägä). [L. Bracara , Bracara August a , Bra car august a , from Bracares or Bracari , a tribe name.] A city in the district of Braga, province of Minho, Portugal, 33 miles northeast of Oporto. It contains cathedral, founded in the century, but remodeled almost throughout in the latest Pointed style. The early west doorway has a graceful triple porch of florid work, elaborately carved. There is a raised choir with well-sculptured Renai ance stalls, and a cloister, connected with which is a maze of chapels with some historic tombs. There is also a pilgrimage church of Bom Jesus, on a high hill, the ascent to which is bordered with 12 grated chapels containing groups of large colored wooden figures illustrating the stations of the cro , etc., and with fountains typifying the five senses and the Christian virtues. The great church, simple in design and well proportioned, is preceded by pyramids and statues: the fine wooden retable portrays the Crucifixion. The combination of nature and art is both curious and beautiful. Population (1890), 23,089. IMG:content-0218.png:[ocr errors] Braga. See Bragi . Bragança (brä-gan'sä), or Braganza (brä-gän'za). A town in the district of Bragança, ince of Traz-os-Montes, northern Portugal, in lat. 41° 50′ N., N., long. long. 6° 45′ W. It gives name to the agança, prov house of Bragança. It contains a castle, a splendid medieval fortre , in great part ruinous, with an isolated central keep inacce ible except by a flying-bridge. Bragança, or Braganza, House of. The reigning family of Portugal and, until 1889, of Brazil. In 1385 the Portuguese crown was seized by João, bastard of Pedro the First, and his illegitimate son Al fon so was created duke of Bragança in 1442. In 1640 a duke of this house headed the revolution by which Portugal was separated from Spain: he a umed the crown as João IV., and it has been retained by the family, though with some changes in the line, until the present time. Pedro I. of Brazil was son of João VI., and heir to the Portuguese throne; Pedro II. of Brazil was his son; and a daughter became queen of Portugal in 1834. Braganza. See Bragança . Bragelonne (bräzh-e-lon'), Le Vicomte de, ou Dix ans après (The Vicomte de Bragelonne, or Ten Years After). A novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is the third part of the trilogy of which "Les Trois Mousquetaires" ("The Three Musketeers") was the first, and "Vingt ans après" ("Twenty Years After") the second. Bragg (brag), Braxton. Born in Warren County, N. C., 1817: died at Galveston, Texas, Sept. 27, 1876. An American officer, distinguished in the Mexican war, and a general in the Confederate service. He invaded Kentucky in 1862; commanded at Murfreesboro 1862-63, and at Chick am aug a and Chattanooga in 1863. Braggadocchio (brag-a-dōt's hiō). In Spenser's "Faerie Queene," a big bragging fool. He personifies cowardice, and is the comic element in the book. He was taken from Martano, a similar character in Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso." Bragi (brä'gē). [ON.] In Old Norse mythology, a son of Odin, and the god of poetry. He is Odin's principal scald in "Walhalla." His wife is Idun. Bragi's prototype was probably a historical person, the Norse scald Bragi, who lived about the year 800. Bragmardo (brag'mär-dō; F. pron. bräg-mär'do), Janotus de. A character in Rabelais's "Gargantua and Pant a gruel." He was sent by the strengthen.] 1. The neuter word brahman means: (a) Devotion. (b) A sacred formula; especially, a spell. Hence the designation Brahmaveda for the col lection usually known as the Atharvaveda. (c) The Brah man (neuter), the highest object of theosophy, God thought of as impersonal, the Absolute. (d) The cla that are po e ors and fosterers of sacred knowledge theologians, Brahmans. 2. The masculine word brahman (nominative brahma) means: (a) A prayer, worshiper, and then a prayer by profe ion, a priest, a Brahman; also one who knows the sacred formulæ or spells, or sacred knowledge in general. (b) He who knows sacred science in the narrower sense; the chief priest, who conducts the sacrifice and is obliged to know the three Vedas. (c) A particular priest, the a istant of the Brahman in the soma sacrifice. (d) Brahma, i. e., the neuter Brahman conceived as a person, etc. Brahma is a product of theological abstraction, not a god of popular origin. He is not known in the older books. In many pa ages the word that the native commentators regard as masculine is to be taken as neuter. Brahmanism has no Creator in the Christian sense. The personal god Brahma (masculine), who is called "the Creator," is himself evolved out of the impersonal, self-existent Being, Brahma (neuter). The personal Brahma then becomes the Evolver of the Universe, while Vishnu is a ociated with him as its maintainer, and Shiva as its destroyer. These three gods constitute the well-known Hindu Triad (Trimurti). There are believed to be only two temples of Brahma in India: one at Pushkara (Pokhar), the other about 15 miles from Idar. The reason lies in the fact that the functions of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva are interchangeable, and that both Vishnu and Shiva may be identified with Brahma, or be worshiped as Brahma. The image at Pushkara has four black faces, each of which is supposed to be directed toward one of the four quarters of the compa . In fact three look at the observers, each having two great gla eyes. The four-faced head is covered by a broad red turban, and over that hang umbrella-shaped ornaments. The image is dre ed in red clothes. Brahmagupta (brah-ma-göp'ta). A Hindu astronomer whose date, according to Albiruni, is A. D. 664. Albiruni gives a notice of his recast of an earlier Brahmasiddhanta. To him also belongs, ac cording to the same author, a work named "Ahargana," corrupted by the Arabs into Arkand . This Arkand, the Sindhends (i. e. the five Siddhantas), and the system of Arjabahr (Aryabhata) were the works which were principally studied and in part translated by the Arabs in the 8th and 9th centuries. Brahman a (bräh'ma-na). [Skt. brahman a , apparently 'relating to the brahman or worship.'] Dicta on matters of faith and worship; especially "a Brahman a," as designation of one of a cla of Vedic writings which contain these dicta. Their object is to connect the songs and sacrifi cial formulæ of the Vedas with the rites. They contain the oldest rituals, linguistic explanations, traditional narratives, and philosophical speculations we have. They originated from the opinions of individual sages, imparted by oral tradition, and preserved as well as supplemented in their families and by their disciples. A comparatively large number of Brahman as is extant, being each annexed to a particular Veda, as well as to a sort of jealousy among the families in which the study of the different Vedas was hereditarily transmitted. The Brahman as of the Rigveda treat especially of the duties of the Hotri, who recites the verses; those of the Yajur veda to the sacrifices by the Adhvaryu; and those of the Samaveda to the chanting by the Udgatri. The Brah Up an is hads. manas embrace also the treatises called Aranyakas and Brahma purana (brahma-pö-rä'na). In Sanskrit literature, one of the eighteen Puranas: so called as revealed by Brahma to Daksha. This Purana is sometimes placed first, and therefore called Adipurana. Its main object appears to be the promotion of the worship of Krishna. It describes the creation, the Man van taras or the life or period of a Manu, the history of the solar and lunar dynasties to the time of Krishna, Ori a with its temples and groves, the life of Krishna, and the mode of Yoga or contemplative devotion. It was not compiled earlier than the 13th or 14th century. Brahmandapurana (brah-män da-pö-rä'na). In Sanskrit literature, one of the eighteen Puranas: so called as revealed by Brahma, and containing an account of "the egg of Brahma," the mundane egg, and the future Kalpas or days of ciety of believers in God": the later name of the