the first created being of the universe; directed by Lord Visnu, he creates all life forms in the universe and rules the modes of passion
(Indian ) The self-existing and invisible Creator of the universe; represented with four heads looking to the four corners of the world The divine triad is Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva Brahma One of the three beings created by God to assist in the creation of the world The Brahmins claim him as the founder of their religious system Whate'er in India holds the sacred name Of piety or lore, the Brahmins claim; In wildest rituals, vain and painful, lost, Brahma, their founder, as a god they boast Camoens: Lusiad, book vii
The Creator God; the First of the Hindu Trinity, the other two being Vishnu (Preserver) and Siva, or Shiva (Destroyer)
A valuable variety of large, domestic fowl, peculiar in having the comb divided lengthwise into three parts, and the legs well feathered
The third aspect of the Hindu trinitySiva (father/ray 1- will), Krishna (son/ray 2 - love) and Brahma (mother/ray 3 - intelligence)
any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant grayish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding
The creator God and member of the Hindu trinity of deities, which also includes Shiva and Vishnu
A creator god, with four heads to overlook each of the four directions Often just three heads, or only one, are shown Brahma is found both in Hindu and early Buddhist sculpture, eventually making his way to Japan as Bon-ten His vahana is a wild goose (sometimes called a swan, but Huntington, for one, insists that the latter term is mistaken ) Descent of the Buddha (Sanchi), Relief from Aihole (Prince of Wales Museum), Hoysaleshvara T , Halebid, Keshava T , Somnathpur (Hoysala, 1268), Linga (Delhi NM), Sasbahu T (Nagda), Tirumalai Nayaka Palace (Chola, 12th century)
One of the great gods of Hinduism, though not one around whom a significant worshipping community has formed Brahma is usually associated with the creation of the cosmos
In Hinduism, a post-Vedic deity Brahma is the god of creation and first in the Hindu triad of Brahma, *Vishnu, and *Shiva He is represented as red in color, with four heads and four arms, holding, respectively, a goblet, a bow, a sceptre, and the Vedas