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'''Trimūrti''' is a [[Sanskrit]] word that means "three forms", and refers to a concept in [[Hinduism]] "in which the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction are personified by the forms of [[Brahmā]] the creator, [[Viṣṇu]] the maintainer or preserver, and [[Śiva]] the destroyer or transformer."<ref>For quotation defining the trimurti see Matchett, Freda. "The Purāṇas", in: Flood (2003), p. 139.</ref><ref>For the Trimurti system having Brahma as the creator, Vishnu as the maintainer or preserver, and Shiva as the transformer or destroyer see: Zimmer (1972) p. 124.</ref> These three deities have been called "the Hindu triad"<ref>For definition of trimurti as "the unified form" of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva and use of the phrase "the Hindu triad" see: Apte, p. 485.</ref> or the "Great Trinity".<ref>For the term "Great Trinity" in relation to the Trimurti see: Jansen, p. 83.</ref>
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