Brahma
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The creator god in texts of Hindu
mythology known as the PURANAS. The Puranas
identify three families of deities according to
function. The heads of these families are Brahma
the creator, VISHNU the preserver, and SIVA the
destroyer. The name Brahma is related to BRAHMAN,
the word for the ultimate reality that, according to
the UPANISHADS and VEDANTA philosophy, underlies
all appearances. Indeed, in some contexts the two
words have the very same form. So it is possible
that modern readers have sometimes mistaken the
one for the other.
Several myths connect Brahma with the origin
of the world at the beginning of each cycle
of generation and decay. For example, one wellknown
image depicts Brahma as seated on a
LOTUS, which grows from the navel of Vishnu
while the latter sleeps on the coiled world-serpent
Sesha. Myths also tell of Brahma granting
the gift of eternal life. Despite such myths,
Brahma is rarely worshipped.
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