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Brahmā (Buddhism)
Dharma protector and deity in Buddhism / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brahmā is a leading God (deva) and heavenly king in Buddhism.[1][2] He is considered as a protector of teachings (dharmapala),[3] and he is never depicted in early Buddhist texts as a creator god.[4] In Buddhist tradition, it was the deity Brahma Sahampati who appeared before the Buddha and invited him to teach, once the Buddha attained enlightenment.[3][5]
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Brahmā | |
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Sanskrit | ब्रह्मा
Brahmā |
Pāli | ब्रह्मा
Brahmā |
Burmese | ဗြဟ္မာ (Bya-mar) |
Chinese | 梵天
(Pinyin: Fàntiān) |
Japanese | 梵天
(romaji: Bonten) |
Khmer | ព្រះព្រហ្ម (Preah Prom) |
Korean | 범천
(RR: Beom Cheon) |
Sinhala | බ්රහ්මයා Brahmayā |
Tagalog | Blahma |
Thai | พระพรหม
Phra Phrom |
Tibetan | ཚངས་པ་ Wylie: tshangs pa THL: tsangpa |
Vietnamese | Phạm Thiên |
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Venerated by | Theravāda, Mahāyāna, Vajrayāna |
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Brahma lords over the heavenly realm of rebirth called the Brahmaloka,[2] one of the highest realms in Buddhist cosmology.[6] Brahma is generally represented in Buddhist culture as a god with four faces and four arms, and variants of him are found in Mahayana Buddhist cultures.[3]