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________________ 11. TRIMURTHY The War within the Trinity - The Fall of God Brahma is the first appearance representation of the impersonal brahman Swayambhu Brahma - Pitamaha Religious stories usually place Brahma as an intermediate authority who cannot handle a problem and passes it on to either Vishnu or Shiva. Instead of Brahma as the first appearance Father Vaishnavites reduced him to the one born from the naval of Vishnu. This is the common representation. In this Vaishnavite representation, Brahma came out of the naval of Visnu who rests on Ananta (Infinite) Naga which is floating in the Primal waters. But when the Saivite wanted to correct the error they placed Siva above the Naga as the Kala (Cresent on top of Aum sign) of the eternal Word Aum 238
SR No.007303
Book TitleDevelopment of Hinduism
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorM M Ninan
PublisherM M Ninan
Publication Year
Total Pages582
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size45 MB
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