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Meaning of "Brahmanaspati>"

Word

Brahmanaspati

Sanskrit

ब्रह्मणस्पति

IAST

brāhmaṇaspati

In General

Lord of the Mantras. The deity Brahmanspati appears only in Veda Samhita. According to Prof. R L Kashyap Brahmanspati is same as Brihaspati of Samhita and Ganapati of later literature like Brahmanas, Arnyaka, Upanishads and Purnas

Veda

Brahmanaspati is the creator by the Word; he calls light and visible cosmos out of the darkness and speeds the formations of conscious being upward to their supreme goal.

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