Brahma, the Creator, Hindu god of creation, knowledge and the Vedas. Many-headed deity with many arms. One writes on a palm-leaf manuscript, one holds prayer beads and one a sacred flame. Brouma Dieu Createur. Copperplate engraving by Jean-Baptiste Marie Poisson after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.

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