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1. (n.) Brahma
“the Creator,” the first member of the Hindu Trimurti, with Vishnu the Preserver and Shiva the Destroyer.
2. (n.) Brahma
one of a breed of large Asian chickens, having feathered legs and small wings and tail.
3. (n.) Brahma
a Brahman bull, steer, or cow.
Etymology: (1935–40; alter. of Brahman)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Brahma
the Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon
2. (noun) Brahman, Brahma, Brahmin, Bos indicus
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
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) brahma
the One First Cause; also, one of the triad of Hindoo gods. The triad consists of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer
2. (noun) brahma
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
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1. brahma
in the Hindu religion and philosophy at one time the formless spirit of the Universe, from which all beings issue and into which they all merge, and as such is not an object of worship, but a subject of meditation; and at another the creator of all things, of which Vishnu (q. v.) is the preserver and Siva (q. v.) the destroyer, killing that he may make alive. See Trimurti.
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