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Prajnanam Brahma (Sanskrit: प्रज्ञानम् ब्रह्म, IAST: Prajñānam Brahma), a Mahāvākya, is found in the Aitareya Upanishad of the Rigveda. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The other Mahāvākyas are " Aham Brahman Asmi ", " Tat Tvam Asi " and " Ayam Atma Brahma ".
brahma - Brahman; so 'yam ātmā - "this very atman" [52] catuṣpāt - "has four aspects" [52] While translations tend to separate the sentence in separate parts, Olivelle's translation uses various words in adjunct sets of meaning: सर्वं ह्येतद् ब्रह्म sarvam hyetad brahma - "this brahman is the Whole"
Aitareya Upanishad is a primary ancient Upanishad, and is listed as number 8 in the Muktika canon of 108 Upanishads. Considered one of the middle Upanishads, the date of composition is not known but has been estimated by scholars to be sometime around 6th or 5th century BCE.
"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 ...
The Brahma Upanishad is notable, in its third chapter, for rejecting all forms of rituals and external religious observations, and declaring the highest complete state of man is one that is dedicated entirely to knowledge.
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.
In Nyaya, jñāna is a mental event, better translated as cognition rather than knowledge. Jñāna can be true or false.Jñāna is not belief, but lead to the formation of belief.
Some texts suggest that the god Vishnu created Brahma (Vaishnavism), [168] others suggest god Shiva created Brahma (Shaivism), [169] yet others suggest goddess Devi created Brahma (Shaktism), [170] and these texts then go on to state that Brahma is a secondary creator of the world working respectively on their behalf.