Brahma (written Brahmā in IAST transliteration) (Devanagari ब्रह्मा, pronounced as "brəhmα:") is the Hindu creator god, and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. He must not be confused with the Supreme Cosmic Spirit of Hindu philosophy Brahman (the word stems of both are the same). Brahmā is identified with the Vedic deity Prajapati. At the beginning of the process of creation, Brahmā created ten Prajapatis (used in another sense), who are believed to be the fathers of the human race ...

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Although Brahmā is prayed to in almost all hindu religious rites, there are only two temples dedicated to him in India, the more prominent of which is at Pushkar, close to Jaipur. Once a year, on the full moon night of the Hindu lunar month of Kartika (October - November), a religious festival is held in Brahmā's honour. Thousands of pilgrims come to bathe in the holy lake adjecent to the temple. There is also a famous murti of Brahmā at Mangalwedha, 52 km from Solapur district in Maharashtra. There is one more temple for Brahma in the te ...

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Brahma: (Sanskrit) The name of God in His aspect of Creator. Saivites consider Brahma, Vishnu and Rudra to be three of five aspects of Siva. Smartas group Brahma, Vishnu and Siva as a holy trinity in which Siva is the destroyer.

Brahma the Creator is not to be confused with

1)    Brahman, the Transcendent Supreme of the Upanishads;

2)    Brahmana, Vedic texts;

3)    brahmana, the Hindu priest caste (also spelled brahmin).

See: Brahman, Parameshvara.

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Brahma:

A hindu deity, the Creator aspect of God. Part of the trinity of Brahma (the Creator), Vishnu (the Preserver) and Shiva (the Destroyer).

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Brahma-Purusha, Brahma-Purusa (Sanskrit) The spiritual aspect of Brahma's nature in contradistinction to Brahma-prakriti, the material aspect.

(See also: Brahma-Purusha, Brahma-Purusa, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary)

Brahma (masculine gender): the deity of the Hindu trinity who is the creator of the universe. Do not confuse with Brahman, see below.

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Brahma (n) vichar: continually thinking on the nature of Brahman, the eternal Truth.

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Brahma (n) Sutras: one of the three authoritative books of Hinduism in which Sri Vyasa encapsulated the principles of Vedanta in 551 terse statements. These short verses were originally intended for ease of memorization, thereby ensuring their availability for mental reflection on the great truths of the Upanisads at any time or place.

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Brahma

The chief member of the Hindu Trinity, regarded as the Creator of the Universe

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Brahma

The first finite living being in the material creation. He was born from the lotus growing from the navel of Garbhodaka-shayi Vishnu. At the beginning of creation, and again at the start of each day of his life, Brahma engineers the appearance of all the species and the planets on which they reside. He is the first teacher of the Vedas and the final material authority to whom the demigods resort when belabored by their opponents.

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Brahma-pravrtti - the tendency of the jiva to seek the all-pervading brahma.

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Brahma-vadi - one who follows the doctrine of brahma-vada.

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Brahma - the spiritual effulgence emanating from the transcendental body of the Lord; the all-pervading, indistinct feature of the Absolute. Depending on the context, this may sometimes refer to the Supreme Brahma, Sri Krsna, who is the source of brahma.

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brahma-jnana - knowledge of impersonal brahma; knowledge aiming at impersonal liberation.

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Brahma-jnani - see jnani.

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Brahma-Vach Brahma-Vac (Sanskrit) The female aspect of Brahma; in another sense, the two aspects of the manifested Brahma working in union or conjointly, the energic and the vehicular, constantly interblending and cooperating. The Vach aspect therefore may be considered the female side of the cosmic Logos.

See also BRAHMA-VIRAJ

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Brahma-vada - the doctrine of indistinct nirvisesa-brahma which has as its goal the merging of the self into Krsna’s effulgence.

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Purna-Brahma - the complete brahma who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhagavan. Bhagavan is purna, the complete reality. Brahma, because it is the bodily effulgence of Bhagavan, is an aspect of that reality.

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