Bronze Trimurti Vishnu Shiva
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Description
Antique Hindu Bronze Trimurti 3 Gods Brahma Vishnu Shiva Statue
Region: Java Indonesia
‘Trimurti’ in Sanskrit is the literal translation meaning ‘three forms’. This statue with 3 faces represents the 3 Hindu gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. Each god is in charge of one aspect of creation, with Brahma as creator, Vishnu as preserver, and Shiva as destroyer.
In combining the three deities in this way, however, the doctrine brings together the fact that Vishnu is not merely a preserver and Shiva is not merely a destroyer.
Moreover, while Vishnu and Shiva are widely worshipped in India, very few temples are dedicated to Brahma, who is expressly said to have lost his worshippers as the result of telling a lie and is merely entrusted with the task of creation under the direction of one of the other two gods. Scholars consider the doctrine of the trimurti to be an attempt to reconcile different approaches to the divine with each other and with the philosophical doctrine of ultimate reality (brahman).
