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TRIMURTI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The triad of divinities of later Hinduism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Instance hypernyms:
triad; trio; triple; triplet (a set of three similar things considered as a unit)
Meronyms (members of "Trimurti"):
Brahma (the Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon)
Shiva; Siva (the auspicious one; a major divinity in the later Hindu pantheon)
Vishnu (the sustainer; a Hindu divinity worshipped as the preserver of worlds)