Brahma
Brahma
Brahma is a name used for more than one being, place and thing in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
Devatās
- Brahmā: the four-faced Creator, born from the lotus of Bhagavān Vishṇu‘s navel, who brings forth beings and the Prajāpatis in each kalpa. Bhāgavata Purāṇa; Vāmana Purāṇa; Agni Purāṇa; Bhavishya Purāṇa; Brahma Purāṇa
People
- Brahma (Rākshasa): a rākshasa who attends Bhagavān Sūrya with the rākshasa Sarpa in the months of Śrāvaṇa and Bhādrapada; he only bears the same name as Brahmā. Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 52
Places
- Brahmatīrtha (Gautamī): the tīrtha on the Gautamī where Bhagavān Śiva removed the fierce fifth head of Brahmā and held it in his hand for the good of the worlds; a four-faced form of Brahmā stands there. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 43
- Brahmatīrtha (by Gotīrtha): a tīrtha of the Gautamī named together with Gotīrtha, near the island of the cows, where bathing and going round the island equal going round the whole earth. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 61
- Brāhma Tīrtha (Hariścandra’s Yajña): one of the fifteen tīrthas on the southern bank of the Gautamī that arose where King Hariścandra completed his yajña and Śunaḥśepa was freed. Brahma Purāṇa, Gautamī Māhātmya, Chapter 34
- Brahmatīrtha (Sarva-tīrtha List): a holy tīrtha named three times in the Brahma Purāṇa’s great list of the tīrthas and kshetras of the earth. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 25
Things and ideas
- Brāhma-tīrtha: the line on the north side of the right thumb, the tīrtha of the hand through which water is sipped in ācamana. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 221