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Brahma (Name of the first)

the name of the first of the epithets applied to this divinity are died at Prague on Oct. 24, 1601. BRAHMA, the name of the first of the or triad of principal Hindu deities. The being Swayambhu, the self-existing; very numerous, some of the most usual Parameshti, who abides in the most very numerous, some of the most usual being Swayambhu, the self-existing; Parameshti, who abides in the most father; Prajapati, the lord of creatures; BRAHMAN Lokesa, the ruler of the world, etc.; Brahm, the essence of the Supreme Being in the abstract, devoid of personal individuality, to whose name so much reverence is attached that it is considered criminal to pronounce it, is said to have given birth to Brahma, Vishnu and Siva simultaneously; and to have allotted to the first the province of creating, to the second that of preserving, and to the third that of destroying. Accordingly, ever since the creation of the world, Brahma has had little or nothing to do, and it will not be till the 10th BRAHMANI querors of India, who discharged priestly functions, whose ascendency, however, over his fellows was intellectual and spiritual, but not yet political or supported by the caste system; also one of the four leading castes of India, the others, theoretically at least, being Kshatryas (warriors), Vaisyas (merchants), and Sudras (laborers), not reckoning outcasts beyond the pale.

They are the most intellectual of all castes, having great mental subtlety.

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