However, some Puranas suggest that He is born from Shiva or his aspects. That said, Hindu mythology has maintained that Brahma is a supreme god that is responsible for the creation of the world. He is regarded as the manifestation saguna of the otherwise formless nirguna Brahman, the supreme God force present within all things. A lotus is shown to be emerging from his belly button on which Brahma is sitting.
However, the late Vedic texts have described the existence of a distinct deity named as Brahma. He has been pictured as one of the many masculine Gods in Hindu mythology.
Moreover, the Shiva-focused Puranas have described Brahma as well as Vishnu to have been created by Ardhanareeshwara form of Lord Shiva that is half Shiva and half Parvati. According to Bhagavata Purana , Brahma emerges at the moment when time and universe is born, inside a lotus that is rooted in the navel of Vishnu Hari.
According to Brahma Purana , Brahma was born out of a golden egg called as the Hiranyagarbha. Hence, he is also called as Swayambhu. In fact, the Padma sacred lotus plays a central role in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. The lotus flower is a symbol of divine beauty and purity. Lord Brahma is seated on this lotus flower. Brahma seated on the lotus flower signifies that he is free of all attachment and desires.
Like drops of water easily slide of the petals of a lotus flower, so anger, desire, lust, and other evils do not bother the deity Brahma who remains detached from all these evils. So, Lord Brahma seated on a lotus flower signifies the highest form of Brahman with purity of heart and mind. According to descriptions found in the Puranas, Lord Brahma divided his body into two parts.
The female part took the form of Saraswati. Saraswati got irritated from the attention of Brahma and tried to escape from him. But Brahma followed Saraswati wherever she went. This display of passion by Brahma angered Saraswati, and she cursed Brahma that he will be worshiped in very few temples. Eventually, Brahma was successful in convincing Saraswati to marry him. This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets CSS enabled.
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Who is Brahma? What does Brahma look like? He has four arms and is usually depicted with a beard. Brahma's consort is Saraswati, goddess of knowledge.
Why is Brahma not worshipped so much? Find out more Vedas Top. See also. Religion and Ethics home Interfaith calendar Ethics guides. Wikipedia - Brahma. Vishnu realized the fact that Shiva was, in fact, the greatest of the triad and he had been outdone by Shiva.
But, Brahma thought that he could outdo Shiva with trickery. He passed the ketaki flower and requested ketaki to tell Shiva that he had in fact reached the uppermost end.
Ketaki told Shiva that he had seen Brahma reach the upper end of the lingam. Shiva knew that he was lying and that made him really angry.
So, he cursed Brahma that he shall never be worshipped on earth. Also, the ketaki flower was cursed that it shall never be used in any of Hindu worship rituals.
It says that when Brahma created the universe, he made a female deity known as Shatarupa the one with a hundred beautiful forms. He could not contain his passion and pursued her wherever she went But Shatarupa had no such desire and moved in various directions so that she could avoid his gaze. For each direction she went, Brahma developed a head, until he had four, each for the direction of the compass. Shatarupa had no other option but to leap over Brahma. Even then, Brahma developed another head on top of others.
He had a total of five heads now.
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