Trimurti

American  

[trih-moor-tee] / trɪˈmʊər ti /

noun

1. (in later Hinduism) a trinity consisting of Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver, and Shiva the Destroyer.

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Trimurti British  

/ trɪˈmʊətɪ /

noun

1. the triad of the three chief gods of later Hinduism, consisting of Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Sustainer, and Siva the Destroyer

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Etymology

Origin of Trimurti

1800–10; < Sanskrit trimūrti, equivalent to tri three + mūrti shape

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Trimurti

There's a rather self-conscious passage early in the book in which Karun lectures Sarita on the Trimurti, the Hindu trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma, representing forces of preservation, destruction and creation.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2013

From Brahm, the impersonal soul of the universe, emanated the personal and active Brahma, who with Siva and Vishnu constitute the Trimurti or god under three forms.

From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Anne C. Lynch Botta

They constitute the well known Trimurti or Triad of divine forms which characterizes Hindooism.

From Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning by T. W. Doane

Mountain of Meru with three peaks a symbol of the Trimurti, 234-m.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike

Trimurti, tri-mōōr′ti, n. the name of the Hindu triad, or the gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva when thought of as an inseparable unity, though three in form.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various