BRAMHANA

All vedas have mainly two sections, mantra and Bramhana. Bramhana portion is philosophical and guiding. Composed by Bramhins, the highest of the four castes, Bramhana is the collective term used for different volumes of Bramhanas in vedas and upanishads which are of the same nature, and, unlike Mantras, they are mostly written in prose. In them are found “the oldest rituals we have, the oldest linguistic explanations, the oldest traditional narratives, and the oldest philosophical speculations”. The word Bramhana is use for denoting Bramhins as well. See Bramhin.