As a deity name
Name 741 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 663 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
ब्रह्मा · noun · masculine
ब्रह्म के तीन सगुण रूपों में से सृष्टि की रचना करनेवाला रूप । सृष्टिकर्ता । विधाता । पितामह · यज्ञ का एक ऋत्विके · एक प्रकार का धान जो बहुत जल्दी पकता है — Śabdasāgara
ब्रह्मा · brahmā · s.m.
Brahmā or the Supreme Being regarded as a person, the first deity of the Hindū triad and the Creator of the World — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 150
ब्रह्मा · masculine
Brahma (the god of creation)
Cited formation "ब्रह्मा" is ब्रह्म + -आ: ब्रह्म means "Brahman (concept of Hinduism)", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "ब्रह्मा" is ब्रह्म + -आ: ब्रह्म means "Brahman (concept of Hinduism)", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi ब्रह्मा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मा (brahmā), nominative singular of ब्रह्मन् (brahman).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the sacred word (as opp. to vāc, the word of man), the Veda, a sacred text, a text or Mantra used as a spell (forming a distinct class from the ṛcas, sāmāni and yajūṃṣi; cf. brahma…
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M1 · same meaning "brahmā" is the nominative of "brahman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "brahmā" is the feminine form of "brahma" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Related forms
Dictionary citations
brahman n. (lit. ‘growth’, ‘expansion’, ‘evolution’, ‘development’ ‘swelling of the spirit or soul’, fr. √ 2. bṛh) pious effusion or utterance, outpouring of the heart in worshipping the gods, prayer, RV.; AV.; VS.; TS.
the sacred word (as opp. to vāc, the word of man), the Veda, a sacred text, a text or Mantra used as a spell (forming a distinct class from the ṛcas, sāmāni and yajūṃṣi; cf. brahma-veda), RV.; AV.; Br.; Mn.; Pur.
1. brahma m. a priest (see asura-, ku-, mahābr˚)
brahma n. the one self-existent Spirit, the Absolute, R.
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