Sahasranama position 552 of the 1,000 names

Brahmasrishtaye

ब्रह्मसृष्टये

Brahmasṛṣṭaye

What Brahmasrishtaye means

Brahmasrishtaye is name 552 in the Kalabhairava Sahasranama, the 1,000-name devotional text to Kalabhairava. Salutations To The one who is the creative power of Brahma.

Also spelled

  • Brahmasrstaye
  • Source transliteration: BRAHMASRISHTAYE

Sanskrit names travel into English in several romanizations. This page keeps the common spelling, the IAST form, and the source transliteration together so the same name is discoverable under each spelling readers use.

Meaning and elaboration

Meaning: Salutations To The one who is the creative power of Brahma.

Elaboration

The name Brahmasṛṣṭaye, derived from Brahma (the creator god) and Sṛṣṭi (creation), meaning "to creation" or "for creation," signifies Lord Kalabhairava's profound and direct connection to the cosmic act of creation, particularly as it is manifested through Brahma.

The Creative Power of Brahma While Brahma is traditionally revered as the Creator in the Hindu Trinity, Kalabhairava, as a fierce form of Shiva, is depicted here as the underlying force or principle that empowers Brahma to perform his function. This implies that Brahma's creative power is not his alone but is derived from (or is an emanation of) the supreme consciousness of Shiva, embodied in Kalabhairava.

The Seed of All Existence This name positions Kalabhairava as the very seed or potential from which all creation springs. He is not merely a destroyer but also the fundamental substrate upon which the entire universe is designed, formed, and manifested. Without his sanction and energy, Brahma's act of creation would be impossible. He is the ultimate source of the cosmic blueprint.

Beyond Dualities of Creation and Destruction This aspect subtly transcends the conventional understanding of Shiva primarily as a destroyer. Instead, it illustrates the non-dual nature of the Divine, where the forces of creation and destruction are two sides of the same ultimate reality. Kalabhairava embodies both the beginning and the end, the primal energy that gives rise to existence and the temporal power that concludes it. He is the alpha and omega of the cosmos, the ultimate source of both birth and dissolution.

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Text and sources

The name list follows the Kalabhairava Sahasranama as compiled for this project. The English meaning and elaboration are interpretive notes for devotional study, not a translation of a single critical edition.

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