Brahma

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noun (1)

Brah·​ma ˈbrä-mə How to pronounce Brahma (audio)
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: the creator god of the Hindu sacred triad compare shiva, vishnu
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: the ultimate ground of all being in Hinduism

Brahma

2 of 2

noun (2)

Brah·​ma ˈbrā-mə How to pronounce Brahma (audio) ˈbrä- How to pronounce Brahma (audio)
ˈbra-

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Grasping hands reach out in despair, deities wield tridents and divine lotus flowers symbolize the 16 levels of Brahma (higher realms). Vicky Smith, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026 Janus Henderson Investors, Brahma Capital, and Biotrack Capital co-led the round, joined by Cormorant Asset Management, OrbiMed, and others. Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025 Nearby, a striking 9th century Indonesian carving in volcanic stone of Brahma, the multi-headed god, represents the myriad complexities of creation — just like every other Hindu Brahma sculpture that is not on view. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024 The firm spent its first few years expanding the group’s personal beer empire (with brands such as Brahma and Interbrew) and engineering the buyout of Anheuser-Busch that formed AB InBev, the largest brewer in the world. Hank Tucker, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 The other three, depicting the gods Bhairava, Nandi and Brahma, were taken from Singasari, a late 13th-century temple complex in East Java, in the mid-19th century. Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024 While flying upward, however, Brahma encountered a ketaki flower that had fallen from a branch nearby. Robert J. Stephens, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024 Other big sellers are Japan’s Suntory All-Free, and Brahma 0.0%, owned by AB InBev. Jason Ma, Fortune Europe, 2 June 2024 The Buddhist pictured God the way Hindus conceived of Brahma or Shiva, or the ancient Greeks imagined Zeus or Athena, the former missionary says. Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Sanskrit brahman

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1690, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

1822, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Brahma was in 1690

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