Brahma

Brah·ma ¹  (bräm)

n.

1. Hinduism

a. The creator god, conceived chiefly as a member of the triad including also Vishnu and Shiva.

b. Variant of Brahman.

2. Variant of Brahman.

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[Sanskrit brahm, from brahma, prayer.]

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Brah·ma ² also brah·ma  (bräm, br-)

n.

A large domestic fowl of a breed originating in Asia and having feathered legs and small wings and tail.

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[After Brahmaputra.]

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Brahma¹

n

1. (Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) a Hindu god: in later Hindu tradition, the Creator who, with Vishnu, the Preserver, and Shiva, the Destroyer, constitutes the triad known as the Trimurti

2. (Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) another name for Brahman [2]

[from Sanskrit, from brahman praise]

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Brahma²

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a heavy breed of domestic fowl with profusely feathered legs and feet

[shortened from Brahmaputra (river); from its having been imported originally from Lakhimpur, a town on the Brahmaputra]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Brahma - the Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon Trimurti - the triad of divinities of later Hinduism
	2.	Brahma - any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding Bos indicus, Brahman, Brahmin Bos, genus Bos - wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini bovine - any of various members of the genus Bos zebu - domesticated ox having a humped back and long horns and a large dewlap; used chiefly as a draft animal in India and east Asia