Prajnanam Brahman

(“Wisdom is Brahman”) In the Hindu
philosophical tradition, one of the “great
utterances” (mahavakyas) expressing
the ultimate truth. The truth here is the
identity of prajnanam (ultimate wisdom) and Brahman (Supreme Reality);
this identity is the heart of the speculative texts called the Upanishads. Aside
from their importance in a philosophical context, as encapsulating fundamental truths, the four mahavakyas
were also appropriated as identifying
symbols by the four divisions of the
Dashanami Sanyasi ascetics. Each division had a different mahavakya, just as
each had a different Veda, a different
primary monastic center, and a different
paradigmatic ascetic quality. Prajnanam
Brahman is the mahavakya associated
with the Bhogawara division of the
Dashanami Sanyasis.