The Open court . he knowledge of Ea; in all incantations he is invoked as the god mightyto save against evil and ill. Brahm, the highest God of Brahmanism, representing the All,or the abstract idea of being, is conceived as a trinity, which iscalled Trimurti (Fig. i), consisting of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva,three divine presences who in many respects bear quite a close re-semblance to the Christian Trinity. The most famous ancient rep-resentation of the Trimurti is found near Bombay in the caves ofElephanta, where three massive faces growing from one body aresculptured in the rock. Kalidasa, t
The Open court . he knowledge of Ea; in all incantations he is invoked as the god mightyto save against evil and ill. Brahm, the highest God of Brahmanism, representing the All,or the abstract idea of being, is conceived as a trinity, which iscalled Trimurti (Fig. i), consisting of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva,three divine presences who in many respects bear quite a close re-semblance to the Christian Trinity. The most famous ancient rep-resentation of the Trimurti is found near Bombay in the caves ofElephanta, where three massive faces growing from one body aresculptured in the rock. Kalidasa, the Shakespeare of ancient India, best known in theWest as the author of Sakuntala, says : In these three persons the one god was shown,—Each first in place, each last,—not one alone;Of Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma, each may beFirst, second, third among the blessed Three. Brahma (Fig. 2) is the creator and the father of all, commonlyrepresented with four heads; Vishnu (Fig. 6) is the divine revela- 88 THE OPEN
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