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Brahman (Devanagari: ब्रह्म, Tamil: ப்ரம்மம் ) is the concept of the abstract, impersonal Godhead found in Hinduism. Brahman is the unchanging, infinite, immanent, and transcendent reality which is the Divine Ground of all things in this universe. Though its nature is transpersonal it is sometimes considered anthropomorphically as Ishvar, the Supreme Lord. In the Rig Veda, Brahman gives rise to the primordial being Hiranyagarbha that is equated with the creator God Brahmā. The trimurti can thus be considered a personification of hiranyagarbha as the active principle behind the phenomena of the universe. The Upanisads assert that the soul (jivanmukta), in order to liberate, must realise his identity with Brahman as his true self (see Atman).
Brahman is said to be eternal, genderless, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, and ultimately indescribable in human language. It can be at best described as an infinite Being, infinite Consciousness and infinite Bliss. Brahman is regarded as the source and essence of the material universe.
