Motif
Deity encompassing creator, preserver, and destroyer
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A motif of the Supreme Ruler and Cosmic Sovereignty family, within the sub-family Deity as Cosmic Totality. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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hindu
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The Ramayan of Valmiki FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 66088-66271 confidence: high
Further glosses describe the solar figure as pervading worlds, identified with the triad, allaying pain, lord of all, teacher of the Vedas, source of Rudra, cause of rain and water, mover in the solar orbit, destroyer of all, identified with the world, protector, glorious, identical with the twelve months, and giver of victory to devotees.
A note states that the solar figure is identified with the Hindu triad: Brahmá the creator, Vishnu the supporter, and Śiva the destroyer.
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