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Webster 1913 Edition
Brahma
1.
(Hindu Myth.)
The One First Cause; also, one of the triad of Hindu gods. The triad consists of
Brahma
, the Creator, Vishnu
, the Preserver, and Siva
, the Destroyer. ☞ According to the Hindu religious books, Brahma (with the final a short), or Brahm, is the Divine Essence, the One First Cause, the All in All, while the personal gods, Brahmá (with the final a long), Vishnu, and Siva, are emanations or manifestations of Brahma the Divine Essence.
2.
(Zool.)
A valuable variety of large, domestic fowl, peculiar in having the comb divided lengthwise into three parts, and the legs well feathered. There are two breeds, the dark or penciled, and the light; – called also
Brahmapootra
. Webster 1828 Edition
Brahma
BRAH'MA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Brahma
Brahma
See also: brahma
English
Brahma-Indian deity with four faces
Proper noun
Brahma
- (Hinduism) Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva.
- (Hinduism) A variant of Brahman.
Translations
Hindu god of creation
Noun
Brahma (plural Brahmas)
- A large domestic fowl from the Brahmaputra region of India.
- A breed of Indian cattle, Bos indicus.
Anagrams
brahma
brahma
See also: Brahma
Finnish
(index b)
Noun
brahma
- Brahman (concept of Hinduism)
Declension
| Inflection of brahma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | brahma | brahmat | |
| genitive | brahman | brahmojen | |
| partitive | brahmaa | brahmoja | |
| illative | brahmaan | brahmoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | brahma | brahmat | |
| accusative | nom. | brahma | brahmat |
| gen. | brahman | ||
| genitive | brahman | brahmojen brahmainrare |
|
| partitive | brahmaa | brahmoja | |
| inessive | brahmassa | brahmoissa | |
| elative | brahmasta | brahmoista | |
| illative | brahmaan | brahmoihin | |
| adessive | brahmalla | brahmoilla | |
| ablative | brahmalta | brahmoilta | |
| allative | brahmalle | brahmoille | |
| essive | brahmana | brahmoina | |
| translative | brahmaksi | brahmoiksi | |
| instructive | — | brahmoin | |
| abessive | brahmatta | brahmoitta | |
| comitative | — | brahmoineen | |
Derived terms
- brahmaani, bramaani, bramiini
- brahmalainen
- brahmalaisuus
- brahmanuskoinen