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Trimurti

Trimurti

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A group of three main Hindu gods who create, keep and destroy
  • noun
  • /trɪˈmʊrti/
  • Literature
: Trimurti
  • In Hinduism, the Trimurti represents the three major gods: Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.

Examples

  • The three gods who make up the Trimurti (Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Protector, and Shiva the Destroyer) are powerless without their female counterparts.

    Academic text (2004)

  • They waited until everyone had filled their plates, and then sat down and took up their knives and forks, and the Commander said, "For what we are about to receive, may God, Allah, Buddha, the Hindu Trimurti, or whoever rules our own personal religious world make us truly thankful."

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Many Hindus pray to the Trimurti as a way to honor the creator, preserver, and destroyer of the universe.

  • The concept of the Trimurti illustrates the unity of creation, preservation, and destruction in Hindu belief.

Surface Forms

Trimurti singular
Trimurtis plural

Etymology

Trimurti comes from Sanskrit: tri- 'three' and murti 'form' or 'image'. So Trimurti means 'three forms' — the three main gods who are the creator, the preserver, and the destroyer.