Brahma: Media
Hindu god
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Brahma
Detail of the Hindu god Brahma on his hamsa (goose or swan) after hiding...
Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Meyer (1965.335), www.clevelandart.org.
Trimurti (“Three Forms”): gods Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma
The trimurti (“Three Forms”) of Hindu gods: (from left) Vishnu (preserver), Shiva...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Ramesh and Urmil Kapoor (M.86.337), www.lacma.org
Brahma and devotees
The raga (musical mode) Kambhavati and an attendant offering worship to the creator...
Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (RP-T-1993-484)
Hiranyagarbha
A painting of the cosmic Hiranyagarbha (“Golden Egg”) by Manaku, opaque watercolor...
© VTR/Alamy
Divine couple of erudition
Saraswati attending the god Brahma, from an illustration of the Adhyatma Ramayana,...
© British Library Board (MSS Eur C116/1); from the British Library Archive
Vishnu
The god Brahma sitting in a lotus rising from Vishnu's navel and the goddess Lakshmi...
© duncan1890—DigitalVision Vectors/Getty Images
Lingodbhavamurti
A lingam of Shiva depicting the story of his appearance as an endless pillar of fire,...
© Charles Preston
Bhairava
A Nepali devotee performing rituals at the Kala Bhairava temple in Basantapur Durbar...
© Godong—Universal Images Group/Getty Images
Brahma painted in a Kalighat style
The four-headed creator deity Brahma depicted with red skin in the Bengali art style...
Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward (2003.148), www.clevelandart.org.
Brahma
Brahma, a major god of Hinduism, shown holding a rosary (or sceptre), an alms bowl,...
© reddees/iStock.com
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