Brahmaṇya-deva—the Supreme Lord, who is the protector of brahminical culture.Prabhupada ›Glossary›-B-›Brahmanya-deva-the Supreme Brahmanya-deva-the Supreme Lord, who is the protector of brahminical culture. Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/glossary/b/brahmanya-deva-the-supreme-lord-who-is-the-protector-of-brah Previous: Brahmanda-the material universe. Next: Brahmajyoti-the impersonal bodily effulgence emanating from the transcendental body of the Supreme Lord Krsna, which constitutes the brilliant illumination of the spiritual sky; From Krsna's transcendental personal form of eternity, knowledge and bliss emanates a shining effulgence called the brahma-jyoti (light of Brahman). The material prakrti, the jivas who desire to enjoy matter, and kala (time), are situated within this brahma-jyoti, which is pure existence devoid of difference and activity. It is the impersonal Brahman of the Mayavadis, and the Clear Light of some Buddhist sects. For many mystics and philosophers the world over, the brahma-jyoti is the indefinable One from which all things emerge in the beginning and merge into at the end. The brahma-jyoti is Krsna's feature of sat (eternality) separated from cit (knowledge) and ananda (bliss). See Brahman, Buddhism, Impersonalism, Life after death, Mayavada philosophy, Modes of nature, Mysticism, Sac-cid-ananda, Vedanta.