ब्रह्म

Brahma

Brahma · IAST

The supreme spirit, the one infinite reality that is the source of everything.

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Etymology · व्युत्पत्ति

ब्रह्मन् = नपुंसक प्रथमा → ब्रह्म

ब्रह्म (Brahma) is the neuter nominative of the stem ब्रह्मन् — the impersonal Absolute. The same stem also yields a masculine nominative ब्रह्मा (Brahmā), the creator deity, which is a DIFFERENT name. Neuter ब्रह्म and masculine ब्रह्मा must never be conflated.

Scripture references

  • Bhagavad Gītā · 5.19

    इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मनः । निर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म तस्माद्ब्रह्मणि ते स्थिताः ॥

    ihaiva tair jitaḥ sargo yeṣāṁ sāmye sthitaṁ manaḥ | nirdoṣaṁ hi samaṁ brahma tasmād brahmaṇi te sthitāḥ ||

    Even here in this life, those whose minds rest in balance have overcome birth and death; for Brahman is flawless and the same in all, so they are settled in Brahman. (Kṛṣṇa praising an even, equal-minded heart)

Source: akshara-pravaaha.com/naamaavali/brahma · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Citations from Bhagavad Gītā

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