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Brahma
Brah·ma 1 B0446000 (brä′mə)n.1. Hinduism a. The creator god, conceived chiefly as a member of the triad including also Vishnu and Shiva.b. Variant of Brahman..2. Variant of Brahman..
[Sanskrit brahmā, from brahma, prayer.]
Brah·ma 2 also brah·ma B0446000 (brä′mə, brā′-)n. A large domestic chicken of a breed originating in Asia, having feathered legs, small wings, and a short tail.
[After Brahmaputra.]Brahma (ˈbrɑːmə) n1. (Hinduism) a Hindu god: in later Hindu tradition, the Creator who, with Vishnu, the Preserver, and Shiva, the Destroyer, constitutes the triad known as the Trimurti2. (Hinduism) another name for Brahman2[from Sanskrit, from brahman praise]
Brahma (ˈbrɑːmə; ˈbreɪ-) n (Animals) a heavy breed of domestic fowl with profusely feathered legs and feet[C19: shortened from Brahmaputra (river); from its having been imported originally from Lakhimpur, a town on the Brahmaputra]Brah•ma1 (ˈbrɑ mə)
n. 1. Brahman (def. 2). 2. “the Creator,” the first member of the Hindu Trimurti, with Vishnu the Preserver and Shiva the Destroyer. [1775–85; < Skt brahma, nominative singular of brahman] Brah•ma2 (ˈbreɪ mə, ˈbrɑ-)
n., pl. -mas. one of a breed of large Asian chickens, having feathered legs and small wings and tail. [1850–55] Brah•ma3 (ˈbreɪ mə, ˈbrɑ-)
n., pl. -mas. a Brahman bull, steer, or cow. [1935–40; alter. of Brahman] BrahmaThe all-pervading power.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Brahma - the Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheonTrimurti - the triad of divinities of later Hinduism | | 2. |  Brahma - any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreedingBos indicus, Brahman, BrahminBos, genus Bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovinibovine - any of various members of the genus Boszebu - domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia |
Brahma
Brahma (brä`mə), a god often identified, with VishnuVishnu
, one of the greatest gods of Hinduism, also called Narayana. First mentioned in the Veda as a minor deity, his theistic cults, known as Vaishnavism, or Vishnuism, grew steadily from the first millennium B.C., absorbing numerous different traditions and minor deities.
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or Siva
, one of the greatest gods of Hinduism, also called Mahadeva. The "horned god" and phallic worship of the Indus valley civilization may have been a prototype of Shiva worship or Shaivism.
..... Click the link for more information. , as one of the three supreme gods in HinduismHinduism
, Western term for the religious beliefs and practices of the vast majority of the people of India. One of the oldest living religions in the world, Hinduism is unique among the world religions in that it had no single founder but grew over a period of 4,000 years in
..... Click the link for more information. . In the late Vedic period he was called Prajapati, the primeval man whose sacrifice permitted the original act of creation. His popularity has declined since the Gupta era (A.D. 320–550), and today only one temple near modern Ajmer is devoted to him. He is regarded as the creator and is periodically reborn in a lotus that grows from the navel of the sleeping Vishnu. His consort Sarasvati is the patroness of art, music, and letters, and the traditional inventor of the Sanskrit language. The kalpa or "day of Brahma," equal to 4,320,000,000 earthly years, is a basic unit in Hindu chronology. The neuter form of the masculine name Brahma is Brahman.Brahma one of the three supreme deities of Brahmanism and Hinduism; creator god, maker of the universe and its embodiment and spirit. In actuality Brahma is not an object of worship. Brahma is generally depicted with four faces and four arms, sitting on a swan. Brahma11. a Hindu god: in later Hindu tradition, the Creator who, with Vishnu, the Preserver, and Shiva, the Destroyer, constitutes the triad known as the Trimurti 2. another name for Brahman
Brahma2 a heavy breed of domestic fowl with profusely feathered legs and feet Brahma
Related to Brahma: VishnuSynonyms for Brahmanoun the CreatorRelated Wordsnoun any of several breeds of Indian cattleSynonyms- Bos indicus
- Brahman
- Brahmin
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