[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.1885 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1885 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1885 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1885](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1885) 3) The two forms of Brahman. Brahman has two forms—Parabrahman and Aparabrahman. Parabrahman is Amūrta (formless, incorporeal) and Aparabrahman is Mūrta (embodied, corporeal). The Amūrta Brahman is known by such names as Parabrahman, Paramātmā and Nirguṇabrahman. The corporeal or material Brahman is Aparabrahman and thus this whole world is Aparabrahman. - [Previous: c8.1884](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1884) - [Next: c8.1886](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1886) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1885](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1885) · Pramāṇa