Saturday, January 25, 2020

Parabrahman (The Supreme Being)

Sanskrit Devanagari Calligraphy Lettering - Parabrahman (The Supreme Being)

Parabrahman

Sanskrit: परब्रह्मन्
Transliteration: Parabrahman (IAST)
Translation: “the Supreme Being; the Divine as trascendent; that which is beyond all dualities (from para = “supreme” + brahman = “Absolute”)”
Definition: According to Advaita Vedānta, it is the supracosmic Divine who supports with its timeless and spaceless existence the entire cosmic manifestation of its own being in time and space. It is infinite, attributeless, and without name and form.

Reference:
Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press

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