m. destroyer of the world, death; -antara½âtman, m. universal soul, ep. of Vishnu; -îsa, m. lord of the world, ep. of Brahman, Vishnu, and Siva; -îsvara, m. lord of the world, ep. of Siva and of Indra; king; -ekanâtha, m. monarch of the world.
m. father of the world, ep. of Brahman, Vishnu, and Siva; -dala, m. N. of a prince; -dîpa, m. light of the world, sun; -dhâtri, m. creator of the world, ep. of Brahman and Vishnu; -yoni,f. source of the world, ep. of Brahman, Vishnu or Krishna, Siva, and Prakriti.
noun (masculine) Brahmā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Sūrya
Rāma (as Viṣṇu's incarnation) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the father of the world (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Viṣṇu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Brahmā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Prakṛti (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the earth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Brahmā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a scholiast (author of Anumānadīdhititippanī) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Viṣṇu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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