Brahma is the Hindu god of creation and is the consort of Saraswati. The god is also associated with knowledge and the Vedas. He created his "sons," the Prajapatis, and Manu, the first man. Amongst his sons was Daksha. Brahma the Creator is one third of the Trimurti, along with Vishnu the Preserver and Shiva the Destroyer. Brahma appears in most Hindu creation myths.
Brahma is as often as possible recognized with the Vedic god Prajapati. Amid the post-Vedic period, Brahma was a unmistakable divinity and his faction existed; be that as it may, by the 7th century, he had misplaced his centrality. He was too eclipsed by other major gods like Vishnu, Shiva, and Devi, and downgraded to the part of a auxiliary maker, who was made by the major gods. At the side other such Hindu gods, Brahma is some of the time seen as a form (saguna) of the something else formless (nirguna) Brahman, the extreme mystical reality in Vedantic Hinduism.
Brahma is commonly portrayed as a ruddy or brilliant complexioned unshaven man, with four heads and hands. His four heads speak to the four Vedas and are pointed to the four cardinal headings. He is situated on a lotus and his vahana (mount) could be a hamsa (swan, goose or crane). Brahma is usually portrayed with prayer beads, a lotus, and a book or inscription.
In modern Hinduism, Brahma does not appreciate well known adore and has significantly less significance than the other two individuals of the Trimurti. Brahma is respected within the old writings, however once in a while worshiped as a essential divinity in India, owing to the nonappearance of any critical faction devoted to his veneration. Exceptionally few sanctuaries committed to him exist in India, the foremost celebrated being the Brahma Temple, Pushkar in Rajasthan. A few Brahma sanctuaries are found exterior India, such as at the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok.
Etymology[]
The beginnings of the term brahmā are questionable, in portion since a few related words are found within the Vedic writing, such as Brahman for the 'Ultimate Reality' and Brāhmaṇa for 'priest'. A qualification between the spiritual concept of brahman and the divinity Brahmā is that the previous may be a genderless theoretical mystical concept in Hinduism whereas the last mentioned is one of the numerous manly divine beings in Hindu tradition. The otherworldly concept of brahman is very old[citation required] and a few researchers recommend that the god Brahma may have developed as a exemplification and obvious symbol of the generic widespread guideline brahman. The presence of a unmistakable divinity named Brahma is prove in late Vedic writings.
In Popular Culture[]
Comic books[]
- Brahma appears in the complete comic series God Is Dead, published by Avatar Press.
Gods and goddesses of Hindu mythology | |
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Trimurti | Creator: Brahma • Preserver: Viṣṇu • Destroyer: Śiva |
Tridevi | Creatrix: Saraswati • Preservatrix: Lakshmi • Destructrix: Kali |
Main Devas | King: Indra • Sun: Surya • Moon: Chandra • Fire: Agni • Wind: Vayu • Ocean: Varuna • Sky: Dyaus • War: Murugan • Wealth: Kubera • Love: Kama • Death: Yama • Rain: Parjanya • Remover of Obstacles: Ganesh |
Other Devas | Recorder of Fate: Chitragupta • Counsellor to Gods: Brihaspati • Architect of the Universe: Vishvakarman |
Navagrahas | Sun: Surya • Moon: Chandra • Mercury: Budha • Venus: Shani • Mars: Mangala • Jupiter: Brihaspati • Saturn: Shukra |
Main Devis | Motherhood: Pārvatī • Earth/Nature: Prithvi • Love: Ratri • Dawn: Ushas • Night: Rati |
Other Devis | Mother of the Gods: Aditi • Dusk: Saranyu • Death: Yami • Beauty: Shachi • River Ganges: Ganga |