RULE id: trideva (2001) SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p084) SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE) CONCEPT: Trideva STATUS: empirical ASSERTIONS: - [definition] Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara form the Trideva representing three aspects of Ultimate Reality manifestation: creation, preservation, and destruction -- p.vol_I_p084 "Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara (Śiva) form one group as Trideva (three gods), representing three aspects of the manifestation of the Ultimate Reality into the phen" CITED_RULES: - brahmā (definition) - maheśvara (definition) - viṣṇu (definition) CONFIDENCE: empirical PROTECT: false