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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Brahma \Brah"ma\, noun [See {Brahman}.]
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.
Note: 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, Brahm['a] (with the final a long), Vishnu, and Siva, are emanations or manifestations of Brahma the Divine Essence.
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Brahma
noun
1: the Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon
2: any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large American heat and tick resistant grayish humped breed evolved in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now used chiefly for crossbreeding [syn: {Brahman}, {Brahmin}, {Bos indicus}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "Brahma": Agni, Asvins, Atman, Avalokita, Bhairava, Bhairavi, Chandi, Daksha, Devaki, Devi, Dharma, Dharti Mai, Durga, Dyaus, Ganapati, Ganesa, Ganesha, Garuda, Hanuman, Himavat, Indra, Kali, Kama, Kamsa, Karttikeya, Lakshmi, Parjanya, Parvati, Pushan, Rahu, Rhibhus, Rudra, Sarasvati, Savitar, Shiva, Sita, Siva, Soma, Surya, Uma, Ushas, Vaja, Varuna, Varuni, Vayu, Vishnu, Yama, the Destroyer, the Preserver, the Regenerator, the Supreme Soul, the Universal Ego
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
BRAHMA, noun He who created the Hindoos, who are preserved by Vishnu and destroyed by Siva -- a rather neater division of labor than is found among the deities of some other nations. The Abracadabranese, for example, are created by Sin, maintained by Theft and destroyed by Folly. The priests of Brahma, like those of Abracadabranese, are holy and learned men who are never naughty.
O Brahma, thou rare old Divinity, First Person of the Hindoo Trinity, You sit there so calm and securely, With feet folded up so demurely -- You're the First Person Singular, surely. Polydore Smith
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