Brahma Brahma – the creator Brahma (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मा, IAST: Brahmā) is a creator god in Hinduism. He has four faces. Brahma is also known as Svayambhu (self-born), Vāgīśa (Lord of Speech), and the creator of the four Vedas, one from each of his mouths. Brahma is sometimes identified with the Vedic god Prajapati, as well as linked to Hiranyagarbha (the cosmic egg). He is…
BrahmanaBrahmana (ब्राह्मण) is a Varna (class, caste) in Hinduism specialising as priests, teachers (Acharya) and protectors of sacred learning across generations.The earliest inferred reference to “Brahmana” as a possible social class is in the Rigveda, occurs once, and the hymn is called Purusha Sukta. According to this hymn in Mandala 10, Brahmanas are described as having…
Brihadratha Brihadratha (Sanskrit: बृहद्रथ; IAST: Bṛhadratha, literal “Many/Great Chariot), also known as Maharatha, was the founder of the Barhadratha dynasty, the earliest ruling dynasty of Magadha. According to the Mahabharata and the Puranas, he was the eldest of the five sons of Vasu Uparichara, the Kuru king of Chedi and his queen Girika. The name of Brihadratha is also found…
Brihanta Brihanta fought along side Yudhishthira. On the 12th day of war The brothers Kshemadhurti and Brihanta mangled Satyaki of the Satwata race with their keen arrows, as the latter proceeded against Drona. The battle between those two on one side and Satyaki on the other became exceedingly wonderful to…
Brihatkshatra Brihatkshatra, the king of the Naishadas, fought along side Duryodhana. He was killed by Dhrishtadyumna on the 12th day of war. Dhrishtadyumna also taking up a sword and a bright shield; despatched Charmavarman and also Brihatkshatra, the ruler of the Naishadhas. The Panchala prince then, mounting upon his own…