Both Uses of
Brahma
in
A Great and Terrible Beauty
- But to the Brahma, it simply doesn't exist the way the air and the earth, pain and loss do.†
Chpt 22 *
- To the banker, the Brahma's ideas are as inconsequential as dust.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
a Hindu divinity worshipped as the creator
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.
Brahma is often depicted with four heads. Originally he was said to have five, but Shiva destroyed one.