Talk:Vishvakarman
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Moved this excerpt that was posted to the main page here, so as not to lose it (I'm not the author of this excerpt):
In fact Viswakarma is not the son of Brahma, but he is the creator of the whole universe. Here the meaning of Viswakarma according to sanskrit is Viswasya Karmanah itiya Viswakarmanah.i.e The one who created this whole universe with his work. Here "Viswa" means "The Universe", "Karma" means work which refers to the Ominipotent creator. Also Viswakrma is also called as "Panchanan".i.e. Viswakarma with five faces. Also he is the creator of Brahama, Vishnu, Maheswara, Indra and Surya who are called as PanchaBrahmas. Any suggestions and clarification plese mail to viswazna_0@yahoo.co.in
--Vivek 19:20, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Ditto the above:
VISWAKARMA, VISWABRAMAN, VIRAD VISWA BRAMAN.
According to the mythology of traditional artisan like Black smith,Carpenter,Copper smith,Stone sculpter and Gold smith the viswakarma is the personification of Virad viswa braman,the ultimate reality. Viswabramapurana and Moolastambapurana is giving a picture of Viswabrama incarnated out of nothingness having five heads such as Sadyojatham ,Tathpurusham ,Akhoram ,Eeshanam , Vamadevam and ten hands weilding trident ,tools of creation,four vedas and fifth veda of Pranavam[vasthu shastram].Five prajapathies such as Manu ,maya ,Toshtwa, Shilpy and Viswagjna originated from his five heads .This concept of god of creation must have been crystelized during the formative period of arts and crafts in india and closily associated with the advent of metal technology . vedic period presented this concept with Brahmanaspathy and Brahaspathy. Later puranas giving a mutilated form of brama with four heads and his epithet [or the remaining head] became another viswakarma as a divine architect. In this phase of hinduism ,one can see the Brama is loosing his supreme[Viswakarma] status and Siva is metamorphosing as Kalabraman.This may be reflectng the social change such as supermacy of clericks and knights over creative working class.???.Any way now Brama temples are very less in India and Viswakarma in the form of Virad Visawa Braman is being worshipped by traditional artisans . In south india some them are still wearing sacred thred and following their vedic traditions.
DocWatson42 13:52, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
