Trimurti
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Trimurti
1800–10; < Sanskrit trimūrti, equivalent to tri three + mūrti shape
Example Sentences
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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
On each side of the Trimurti is a pilaster, the front of which is filled up by a human figure leaning on a dwarf, both much defaced.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
A huge plaster Trimurti stood close to the wall, on a triangular pedestal of black rock, and the Siva-face and the writhing cobra confronted all who entered.
From St. Elmo by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
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
Its central doctrine is the trinity, or Trimurti, which embraces the three-fold manifestation of the god-head as Brahma, the one supreme being, the Creator; Vishnu the Preserver; and Siva the Destroyer.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
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