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BRAHMĀ:

creator GOD in HINDUISM often associated with VISHNU and iva. Brahm is not mentioned in the VEDIC HYMNS where Prajpati is the CREATOR GOD. Brahm is the masculine word for the neuter BRAHMAN or SACRED power which is ultimate REALITY. Although VISHNU and iva are worshiped, there is no CULT of Brahm as an object of BHAKTI or DEVOTION.

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