The Creator God is the divine being that created the omniverse, according to various traditions and faiths. Creator God - Abrahamic religions. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam teach that Creation is the origin of the totality of the omniverse by the action of God. Even more particularly, every type of existence is also owing to the act of creation by God. Among monotheists it has historically been most commonly believed that living things are the God's creations, and are not the result of a pr ...

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Creator God - Abrahamic religions
Creator God - Christianity
Creator God - Hinduism Creator God - Classical Greece

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Creator God, Creator God - Abrahamic religions, Creator God - Christianity, Creator God - Hinduism, Creator God - Classical Greece

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Supreme God: Highest God, the source or creator of all other Gods, beings and all manifestation.

(See also: Supreme God, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

Non-acceptance of Isvara or God: The Sankhya system is called Nir-Isvara (Godless) Sankhya. It is atheistical. The Sankhyas do not believe in Isvara. They do not accept Isvara (God). The creation produced by Prakriti has an existence of its own, independent of all connection with the particular Purusha to which it is united. So the Sankhyas say that there is no need for an intelligent Creator of the world, or even of any superintending power.

Excerpt from All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda

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God is the term used to denote the Supreme Being ascribed by many religions to be the creator, ruler and/or the sum total of, existence. Conceptions of God vary widely, despite the common use of the same term for them all. God - Definition. God - Concept of God. In many Western religions, God is usually said to have a specific and clearly defined relationship to, and interest in, the happenings of this world and the lives of those in it. Metaphors for God's relationship t ...

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God - Definition
God - Concept of God God - Attributes of God
God - Etymology
God - Capitalization
God - Names of God God - History of monotheism God - Theology God - Conceptions of God
God - Abrahamic conceptions God - Conceptions of God in Hinduism God - Christian Monism God - The Ultimate God - Aristotelian definition of God God - Modern views
God - Notes and references God - Popular Culture

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Panentheism (Greek words: pan=all, en=in and Theos=God; "God-in-all") is the view that God is immanent within all Creation or that God is the animating force behind the universe. Unlike pantheism, panentheism does not mean that the universe is all God or that God contains the universe inside Godself. In panentheism, God maintains a transcendent character, and is viewed as both the creator and the original source of universal morality. The term is closely associated with the Logos of Hellenistic philosophy in the works of Herakleitos, which per ...

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Panentheism - Ancient Panentheism Panentheism - Panentheism in Christianity
Panentheism - Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Christianity Panentheism - Other Christian Panentheists
Panentheism - Panentheism in Judaism Panentheism - Panentheism in Hinduism Panentheism - Panentheism in Ayyavazhi Panentheism - Opposing views

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In Hinduism, Daksha is an ancient creator god, one of the Prajapatis, the Rishis and the Adityas, and a son of Aditi and Brahma. With his wife Prasuti, he is the father of many daughters, twenty-seven of whom were married to Soma. Daksha found that Soma overly favored one daughter (Rohini) over the others, thus neglecting their needs and flouting his responsibilities. For this, Daksha cursed him to wither and die. The daughters intervened and made his death periodic, sym ...

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Daksha - Story of Sati and Shiva Daksha - Other daughters

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In Hinduism, the Trimurti (also called the Hindu trinity) are three aspects of God in His forms as Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. This Trimurti concept is a tenet strongly held in Smartism as well as Ayyavazhi mythology. Brahma - the Creator Vishnu - the Preserver Shiva - the Destroyer The trimurti itself is conceived of as a deity and artistically represented as a three-faced human figure. Brahma is no longer as relevant as he once was, some would say the all-in-one Devi or Shakti, the Divine Moth ...

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Trimurti - Symbolizations Trimurti - Change of the Hindu Trinity Trimurti - Other uses

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Brahma: Creator God of the Trimurti in Bhakti Hinduism.

 (See also: Brahma, Eastern Philosophy, Body Mind and Soul)

Though both beliefs originated in India and are commonly associated with each other, essentially the two beliefs are still different. Such differences include: Buddhism is based upon the prophet Buddha whereas in Hinduism no such prophets exists Hindus think of Buddha as the ressurected Mahavishnu (god of Hindu trinity) whereas Buddhists do not accept this Hindus believe in the ashramas, Buddhists do not Buddhists do not believe in an omnipotent being (a Supreme Creator) whereas Hindus believe in Brahm ...

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Hinduism in China, Hinduism in China - Difference between Hinduism and Buddhism, Hinduism in China - History of Hinduism, Hinduism in China - Early Hindu Influence, Hinduism in China - Hinduism in the Cultural Revolution and Beyond, Hinduism in China - Hinduism in Modern China

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In Jewish belief, God is defined as the Creator of the universe: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Genesis 1:1); similarly, "I am God, I make all things" (Isaiah 44:24). God, as Creator, is by definition separate from the physical universe and thus exists outside of space and time. God is therefore absolutely different from anything else, and, as above, is in consequence held to be totally unknowable. It is for th ...

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Negative theology, Negative theology - Apophatic description of God, Negative theology - In the Christian tradition, Negative theology - In the Jewish tradition, Negative theology - In Hinduism, Negative theology - In Buddhism, Negative theology - In other Eastern traditions

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Brahma (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 identied with the Vedic deity Prajapati. Brahmacharya The word Brahmacharya symbolises a person who is leading a life in quest of Brahma, or in other words a student. The root "Bra ...

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Glossary of terms in Hinduism, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - A, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - B, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - C, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - D, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - E, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - F, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - G, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - H, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - I, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - J, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - K, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - L, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - M, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - N, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - O, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - P, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - Q, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - R, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - S, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - T, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - U, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - V, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - W, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - Y, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - Z, Glossary of terms in Hinduism - Notes

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Various interpretations on the origin and symbolism of the Shiva lingam obtain. While the Tantras and Puranas deem the Shiva lingam a phallic symbol representing the regenerative aspect of the material universe, the Agamas and Shastras do not elaborate on this interpretation, and the Vedas fail altogether to mention the Lingam. Lingam - Lingam as a phallic symbol. Hinduism conceptualizes Brahman, the supreme power, as having three main roles: that of God the Creator, God the Preserver and God the Destroyer ...

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Lingam, Lingam - Etymology, Lingam - Interpretations, Lingam - Lingam as a phallic symbol, Lingam - Lingam as an abstract symbol of God, Lingam - A naturally occurring lingam, Lingam - In popular culture

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Various interpretations on the origin and symbolism of the Shiva lingam obtain. While the Tantras and Puranas deem the Shiva lingam a phallic symbol representing the regenerative aspect of the material universe, the Agamas and Shastras do not elaborate on this interpretation, and the Vedas fail altogether to mention the Lingam. Lingam - Lingam as a phallic symbol. Hinduism conceptualizes Brahman, the supreme power, as having three main roles: that of God the Creator, God the Preserver and God the Destroyer ...

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Lingam, Lingam - Etymology, Lingam - Interpretations, Lingam - Lingam as a phallic symbol, Lingam - Lingam as an abstract symbol of God, Lingam - A naturally occurring lingam

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Like Plato, Gnosticism also presents a distinction between the highest, unknowable "alien God" and the "creator" of the material - the Demiurge. However, in contrast to Plato, many systems of Gnostic thought present the Demiurge as antagonistic to the will of the Supreme Creator: this sort of Demiurge focusses solely on material reality and on the "sensuous soul". In this system, the Demiurge acts as a solution to the problem of evil. In the Apocryphon of John (in the Nag Hammadi library), the Demiurge has the name "Yaltabaoth", and proclaim ...

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Demiurge, Demiurge - Platonism, Demiurge - Gnosticism, Demiurge - Comparisons, Demiurge - Christianity, Demiurge - Vedic tradition Hinduism, Demiurge - Siberian Shamanism

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Practitioners of Agama Hindu Dharma share many common beliefs, which include: A belief in one supreme being called 'Ida Sanghyang Widi Wasa', 'Sang Hyang Tunggal', or 'Sang Hyang Cintya'. A belief that all of the gods are manifestations of this supreme being. This belief is same as the belief of Smartism, which also holds that the different forms of God, Vishnu, Siva are different aspects of the same Supreme Being. A belief in the Trimurti, consisting of: Brahma, the creator ...

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Agama Hindu Dharma, Agama Hindu Dharma - General beliefs and practices, Agama Hindu Dharma - Hinduism in Bali, Agama Hindu Dharma - Javanese Hinduism, Agama Hindu Dharma - Hinduism elsewhere in the archipelago, Agama Hindu Dharma - See Also

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Śaivism is a form of nondual spiritual practice and philosophy originating in India. Śaivites believe that the entire creation is both an expression of conscious divinity and is non-different from that divinity which they call "Śiva". Because he is simultaneously the created and the creator, Śiva is both immanent and transcendent. This concept contrasts with many semitic religious traditions in which God is seen as fundamentally different from the creation and transcendent, or "higher" than the creation. As in all Hindu denominations, Ś ...

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Shaivism, Shaivism - Philosophy and Worship, Shaivism - History, Shaivism - Features of Shaivism, Shaivism - Within Hinduism, Shaivism - Shaiva Upanishads

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Several religions have creation stories, some of which account for the existence and present form of the Universe by the act of creation by a supreme being or the Creator God. Most of these accounts depict one or several gods fashioning things out of themselves, or from pre-existing material (for example chaos or prakriti). The scholastic traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam for the most part speak of creation ex nihilo. This is typified, for example, by the assumption that the first verse of the Christian Bible ("In ...

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Origin belief, Origin belief - Creation myths, Origin belief - Science-based beliefs, Origin belief - Accepted mainstream scientific theories, Origin belief - Beliefs grounded in philosophical naturalism, Origin belief - Creation ex nihilo, Origin belief - Religious creation beliefs, Origin belief - Limits to the ontology of creation, Origin belief - Creation within various belief systems, Origin belief - Babylonia, Origin belief - Buddhism, Origin belief - China, Origin belief - Christianity, Origin belief - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Origin belief - Creek, Origin belief - Egyptian, Origin belief - Classical Greece, Origin belief - Hinduism, Origin belief - Hopi, Origin belief - Hmong, Origin belief - Inca, Origin belief - Islam, Origin belief - Japan, Origin belief - Jainism, Origin belief - Judaism, Origin belief - Maya, Origin belief - Māori, Origin belief - Navajo, Origin belief - Norse, Origin belief - Polynesian, Origin belief - Randomness, Origin belief - Sami, Origin belief - Surat Shabda Yoga, Origin belief - Taoism, Origin belief - Zen, Origin belief - Zoroastrianism

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ishvara or ishwara:

lord, the term used of god in manifest form; the cosmic creator

(See also: ishvara or ishwara, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

brahma:

form of the hindu trinity governing creation or the creator god

(See also: brahma, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)