 Brahma, the first person in the Triad, or Trimurti, of the Hindus, which consists of Brahma the creator; Vishnu the preserver or redeemer; and Siva the destroyer. He is represented with four heads and as many arms, holding in his four hands a manuscript...  The Oriental Rug Book - Page 271by Mary Churchill Ripley - 1904 - 310 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Vans Kennedy - 1831 - 666 pages
...totale de ses temples? " § ' Religions de 1' Antiquit^, torn. ip 214. f Brahmit is in no Sanscrit work described as having ever been engaged in battle,...holding water, a rosary, and a sacrificial spoon. J Religions de PAnt i. ji;n. . torn. ip 239. § Ibid. p. 2*0. These remarks belong to M. Gu'gniaut,... | |
 | 1853 - 1036 pages
...gods. In the mythological poems and in sculpture he is represented with four heads or rather faces, and holding in his four hands a manuscript book containing...holding water, a rosary, and a sacrificial spoon. (Moor's ' Hindu Pantheon,' plates 3, 4, 5.) Exclusive worshippers of Brahma and temples dedicated to... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1876 - 424 pages
...portrayed, however, as a four-headed and four-armed figure, occupying a sitting posture, and holding in his hands a manuscript book containing a portion of the...holding water, a rosary, and a sacrificial spoon. But little 'is known of his female energy Saraswati. She is described as surpassingly beautiful, an... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 608 pages
...mythological poems and in sculpture he is represented with four beads or rather faces, and holding in his tour hands a manuscript book containing a portion of the...holding water, a rosary, and a sacrificial spoon. (Moor's 'Hindu Pantheon,' plates 3, 4, 5.) Exclusive worshippers of Brahma and temples dedicated to... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1903 - 1074 pages
...preserver or redeemer; and Siva the destroyer. He is represented with four heads and as many arms, holding in his four hands a manuscript book containing...holding water, a rosary, and a sacrificial spoon. The swan is consecrated to him and in the cave temple of Elephanta he is represented as sitting on... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach - 1904 - 862 pages
...represented with four heads and as many arms, holding in his four hands a manuscript bookcontaining a portion of the Vedas, a pot for holding water, a rosary, and a sacrificial spoon. The swan is consecrated to him and in the cave temple of Elephanta he is represented as sitting on... | |
 | 1918 - 830 pages
...preserver or redeemer; and Siva the destroyer. He is represented with four heads and as many arms, holding in his four hands a manuscript book containing...for holding water, a rosary and a sacrificial spoon. The swan is consecrated to him and in the cave temple of Elephanta he is represented as sitting on... | |
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