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Brahma (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मा, IAST: Brahmā) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the trinity of supreme divinity that includes Vishnu and Shiva.
Brahmā is a leading God and heavenly king in Buddhism. [1] [2] He is considered as a protector of teachings (dharmapala), [3] and he is never depicted in early Buddhist texts as a creator god. [4] In Buddhist tradition, it was the deity Brahma Sahampati who appeared before the Buddha and invited him to teach, once the Buddha attained ...
Mahabrahma at Wat Yannawa. Mahābrahmā (Tibetan: tshangs pa chen po; Chinese/Japanese: 大梵天 Daibonten; Sinhala: මහා බ්රහ්ම; Thai: มหาพรหฺมฺา), sometimes only called Brahma, is the ruler of the Brahma World (Brahmaloka) in the Buddhist cosmology.
As Brahma/Sadyojata, Shiva creates. As Vishnu/Vamadeva, Shiva preserves. As Rudra/Aghora, he dissolves. This stands in contrast to the idea that Shiva is the "God of destruction." Shiva is the supreme God and performs all actions, of which destruction is only but one. Ergo, the Trimurti is a form of Shiva Himself for Shaivas.
Sanskrit (ब्रह्मन्) Brahman (an n-stem, nominative bráhma, from a root bṛh-"to swell, expand, grow, enlarge") is a neuter noun to be distinguished from the masculine brahmán —denoting a person associated with Brahman, and from Brahmā, the creator God in the Hindu Trinity, the Trimurti.
"Whoever realizes the Supreme Brahma attains to supreme felicity. That Supreme Brahma is Eternal Truth (satyam), Omniscient (jnanam), Infinite (anantam)." (Taittiriya Upanishad 2.1.1) [note 2] The Upanishads state that the Supreme Brahma is Eternal, Conscious, and Blissful sat-chit-ânanda. The realisation of this truth is the same as being ...
An interfaith coalition is pressing the world's largest brewer to remove the name of a Hindu god from a popular beer that dates to the late 1800s — a dispute the beermaker insists is a case of ...
'Astra of Brahma') is a celestial weapon (astra) created and owned by the god Brahma along with its more powerful variants: Brahmashirastra, Brahmadanda, and Bhargavastra. [citation needed] It is considered one of the most destructive, powerful, and irresistible weapons mentioned in Hinduism. [citation needed]