Motif
Divinity encompassing creation, preservation, and destruction
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A motif of the Supreme Ruler and Cosmic Sovereignty family. 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
Brahmá is glossed as creator and first of the Hindu triad, Vishnu as pervader and preserver, and Śiva as bestower of blessings and destroyer.
The passage identifies the solar figure with the Hindu triad: Brahmá the creator, Vishnu the supporter, and Śiva the destroyer; another gloss calls the figure destroyer of all.
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