Brahma

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noun (1)

Brah·​ma ˈbrä-mə How to pronounce Brahma (audio)
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: the creator god of the Hindu sacred triad compare shiva, vishnu
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: the ultimate ground of all being in Hinduism

Brahma

2 of 2

noun (2)

Brah·​ma ˈbrā-mə How to pronounce Brahma (audio)
ˈbrä-,
ˈbra- How to pronounce Brahma (audio)

Examples of Brahma in a Sentence

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Noun
The Buddhist pictured God the way Hindus conceived of Brahma or Shiva, or the ancient Greeks imagined Zeus or Athena, the former missionary says. Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023 This was because Jalandhar, born from Shiva’s third eye, had previously won a boon from the god Brahma that his wife’s chastity would keep him invincible in any battle. Holly Walters, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2023 Water: Asia’s New Battleground By Brahma Chellaney Georgetown University Press, 2011, 400 pp. MITI and the Japanese Miracle: The Growth of Industrial Policy, 1925–1975 By Chalmers Johnson Stanford University Press, 1982, 412 pp. Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022 His silly on-air stunts included milking a Brahma bull, eating massive amounts of food at the county fair, performing onstage at SeaWorld, reporting as motorcycles spun around him at the circus, crashing into a row of chairs on an ice rink and getting tackled by teen football players. San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2021 This temple is dedicated to the three faces of God: the creator (Brahma), the preserver (Vishnu) and the destroyer (Shiva). Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Sanskrit brahman

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1690, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1822, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Brahma was in 1690

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“Brahma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Brahma. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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