Trimurti
<p>The "<b >Trimūrti</b>" (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" >/</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >t</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >r</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ɪ</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ˈ</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >m</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ʊər</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >t</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >i</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" >/</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimurti#cite_note-1" >[1]</a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit" >Sanskrit</a>: त्रिमूर्तिः <i >trimūrti</i>, "three forms") is a concept in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism" >Hinduism</a> "in which the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction are personified by the forms of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma" >Brahma</a> the creator, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu" >Vishnu</a> the maintainer or preserver and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva" >Shiva</a> the destroyer or transformer."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimurti#cite_note-2" >[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimurti#cite_note-3" >[3]</a></sup> These three gods have been called "the Hindu triad"<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimurti#cite_note-4" >[4]</a></sup> or the "Great <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_(disambiguation)" title="Trinity (disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" >Trinity</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimurti#cite_note-5" >[5]</a></sup> often addressed as "Brahma-Vishnu-Maheshwara."</p>