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

Meru itself was said to be a single mountain, terminating in three peaks, and thus a symbol of the Trimurti.

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

Among these there are three demi-gods or superior spirits, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, the Hindoo Trinity, called by them Trimurti.

From A Woman's Journey Round the World by Ida Pfeiffer

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

Buddha is declared to comprehend in his own person the essence of the Hindu Trimurti; and hence the tri-literal monosyllable Om or Aum is applied to him as being essentially the same as Brahma-Vishnu-Siva.

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

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