Thanks for your replies. I think I need to make my quetions clearer.
1. Is there such thing as neuter "Brahma" as opposed to masculine "Brahmaa" in the Pali language? I was told that Brahma (short a) is neuter and Brahmaa (long a) is masculine.
2. In the word "Brahmabhuuta", why do we translate the prefix brahma (neuter) as a masculine?
3. In Ramayana, Book 1 (Bala Kanda) Chapter 33, verse 16, we find the the phrase "brahma bhuuto". It is translated as "have become one with the Absolute"
And in Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 verse 24, we find the phrase "brahma-bhuuto" being translated as "spiritually realizing the Ultimate Truth"
Also in Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, verse 54, the phrase "brahma-bhuutah" occur. Here it is translated as "being one with Ultimate Truth".
This make me confuse.
Rahula
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