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Brahma
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Brahma the creator god in Hinduism, who forms a triad with Vishnu and Shiva. Brahma was an important god of late Vedic religion, but has been little worshipped since the 5th century
ad and has only one major temple dedicated to him in India today.
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Brahma and AmBev Schedule Shareholders' Meetings for September 14, 2000.
PR Newswire; 8/30/2000; 700+ words
; ...Bebidas das Americas - AmBev announced that Brahma and AmBev have scheduled extraordinary...asked to approve a transaction under which Brahma will become a wholly owned subsidiary of AmBev. In that transaction, each share of Brahma will be exchanged for one share of the...
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Companhia Cervejaria Brahma on The New York Stock Exchange
PR Newswire; 6/4/1997; 700+ words
; ...Brazil, June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Companhia Cervejaria Brahma ("Brahma"), the largest manufacturer, marketer and distributor...class ("BRH") represents 20 preferred shares of Brahma, and each ADR of the other class ("BRHC") represents...
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Antarctica and Brahma Combine to Create AmBev, A Brazilian-Based Multinational Beverage Company with Global Scale.
PR Newswire; 7/2/1999; 700+ words
; ...Companhia Antarctica Paulista and Companhia Cervejaria Brahma today issued the following: Executive Summary: Companhia...Paulista ("Antarctica") and Companhia Cervejaria Brahma ("Brahma") are announcing their combination, resulting in...
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InBev launches Brazil's Brahma as global brand.
Magazine article from: Modern Brewery Age; 3/28/2005; 700+ words
; ...InBev has launched a dramatically revamped Brahma beer into the world market. The company says Brahma is now part of a trinity of brands--alongside...company's world flagships. "We are taking Brahma global," InBev CEO John Brock told assembled...
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Brahma and PepsiCo Forge Franchise Partnership in Brazil
PR Newswire; 10/23/1997; 700+ words
; ...PRNewswire/ -- Companhia Cervejaria Brahma and PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) today...agreement which takes effect immediately, Brahma will become Pepsi's largest Brazilian...Porto Alegre, Salvador and Recife. Brahma will be responsible for the production...
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The Brahma chronicles
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 9/8/2006; 700+ words
; ...favourite stories, the life lesson exemplified by Brahma the Creator. Brahma is arguably the most enigmatic deity dreamed up by...Press, 1970; Penguin, 2000): Functionally, Brahma is the first god of the Indian trinity, for he is...
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Brahma's Allegation Refuted
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 8/17/2005; 416 words
; ...unacceptable remarks. Terming Brahma's statements as unfortunate...with all possible measures Brahma's statement will be creating...remarks. He also blamed Brahmas tactics to bring unstability in BTC and said he (Brahma) should be publicly condemned...
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Brahma Baba bestows blessings of peace, wisdom.(Columns)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 1/15/2005; 700+ words
; ...Father of I, the soul; and 3) my angelic father, officially called Prajapita Brahma (Father of Humanity) and affectionately known as Brahma Baba. He founded the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University, to which I've dedicated the past 25...
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Message in a bottle: InBev's Brazilian beer Brahma is looking to cash in where other national products have fizzled.(BEER)
Magazine article from: Latin Trade; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...can ride the trend on a chilled bottle of Brahma, Brazil's top-selling light beer. In June, Brahma's U.S. unit started selling the brew...from retailers and consumers who read about Brahma in a press release. The response has been...
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PITASHRI PRAJAPITA BRAHMA
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 1/18/2009; 700+ words
; ...alchemised Dada Lekhraj into Prajapita Brahma, endearingly called 'Baba' or Pitashree...life and society on earth, Pitashree Brahma initially set up and ran a spiritual trust...in 1936 and later named it as Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya after...
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Brahma-vihāra
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
Brahma-vihāra (Skt.; Pāli, abode of Brahma). A key set of four meditative practices often translated...Abodes’, or the four ‘Stations of Brahma’. The four are loving-kindness ( maitr...
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Brahma
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Brahma Creator god in Hinduism , later identified as one of the three gods in the Trimurti. Brahma is usually thought equal to the gods Vishnu...navel. There is only one major temple to Brahma, located at Pushkar, Rajasthan, nw India...
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Brahmasūtra
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Brahmasūtra. An ancient Indian work which systematizes the teachings...compiled in its final form several centuries later. Other names for the Brahmasūtra are encountered in Indian literature: the Vedā...
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Brahma-loka
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
Brahma-loka (Skt.; Pāli, Brahma world). Used in two senses to refer to the heavens or spiritual realms in Buddhist cosmology ; (1) as a collective name for the two uppermost spiritual realms, namely the Form Realm ( rū...
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Brahma-samādhi
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Brahma-samādhi (Skt.). An absorption state ( samādhi ) of brahman -consciousness attained through the repetition of a mantra ( japa ).
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