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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.