梵天

Fàntiān

proper noun

Meanings

1 Brahma, the Hindu god of creation
2 the Brahma heaven of Buddhist cosmology

Characters

Brahma; Sanskrit

Examples

HSK 6

梵天是印度教里创造世界的神。

Fàntiān shì Yìndùjiào lǐ chuàngzào shìjiè de shén.

Brahma is the god in Hinduism who created the world.

HSK 7-9

梵天、毗湿奴和湿婆是印度教的三大主神。

Fàntiān, Píshīnú hé Shīpó shì Yìndùjiào de sān dà zhǔshén.

Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are the three great gods of Hinduism.

Tips

culture

Brahma is shown with four faces. Thai Buddhists worship him as the 四面佛 "Four-Faced Buddha", and his Erawan Shrine in Bangkok is a favourite stop for Chinese tourists. In Buddhist texts 梵天 is also the heaven he rules.

Stroke Order

梵 Fàn

天 tiān