Brahma

Hindu · deity · cosmogonic · deity

Four-faced creator deity, expounder of the Vedas, grandsire of all beings

Children

Kamadeva

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

ancestor of: Kamadeva
spouse: Sarasvati

Sources

Manusmriti 1
Vishnu Purana

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