Brahmā (Buddhism)
Brahmā is a leading God (deva) and heavenly king in Buddhism. He is considered as a protector of teachings (dharmapala), and he is never depicted in early Buddhist texts as a creator god. In Buddhist tradition, it was the deity Brahma Sahampati who appeared before the Buddha and invited him to teach, once the Buddha attained enlightenment.
| Brahmā | |
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| Sanskrit | ब्रह्मा
Brahmā |
| Pāli | ब्रह्मा
Brahmā |
| Burmese | ဗြဟ္မာ (Bya-mar) |
| Chinese | 梵天
(Pinyin: Fàntiān) |
| Japanese | 梵天
(romaji: Bonten) |
| Khmer | ព្រះព្រហ្ម (Preah Prom) |
| Korean | 범천
(RR: Beom Cheon) |
| Sinhala | බ්රහ්මයා Brahmayā |
| Tagalog | Blahma |
| Thai | พระพรหม
Phra Phrom |
| Tibetan | ཚངས་པ་ Wylie: tshangs pa THL: tsangpa |
| Vietnamese | Phạm Thiên |
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Brahma lords over the heavenly realm of rebirth called the Brahmaloka, one of the highest realms in Buddhist cosmology. Brahma is generally represented in Buddhist culture as a god with four faces and four arms, and variants of him are found in Mahayana Buddhist cultures.
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