Both Uses of
Brahma
in
Moby Dick
- By Brahma! boys, it'll be douse sail soon.†
Chpt 40-42 *
- When Brahma, or the God of Gods, saith the Shaster, resolved to recreate the world after one of its periodical dissolutions, he gave birth to Vishnoo, to preside over the work; but the Vedas, or mystical books, whose perusal would seem to have been indispensable to Vishnoo before beginning the creation, and which therefore must have contained something in the shape of practical hints to young architects, these Vedas were lying at the bottom of the waters; so Vishnoo became incarnate in…†
Chpt 82-84
Definition:
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(Brahma) a Hindu divinity worshipped as the creatoreditor's notes: In many Hindu denominations, Brahma (the creator), Vishnu (the preserver), and Shiva (the destroyer/transformer) represent the three primary aspects of the divine.
Brahma is often depicted with four heads. Originally he was said to have five, but Shiva destroyed one.