Brahma
Hindu · deity · cosmogonic · deity
Four-faced creator deity, expounder of the Vedas, grandsire of all beings
Children
Domains
- creation
- sacred knowledge
Powers
- Bring forth the worlds and living beings
- Grant near-irrevocable boons to ascetics
- Utter the four Vedas from his four mouths
Epithets
- स्वयम्भू
- प्रजापति
- पितामह
- चतुर्मुख
- हिरण्यगर्भ
- विरिञ्च
- कमलासन
Relations
Sources
- Manusmriti 1
- Vishnu Purana