Brahmavādīs—impersonalists among the transcendentalists; those who are absorbed in the thought of impersonal Brahman.Prabhupada ›Glossary›-B-›Brahmavadis-impersonalists Brahmavadis-impersonalists among the transcendentalists; those who are absorbed in the thought of impersonal Brahman. Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/glossary/b/brahmavadis-impersonalists-among-the-transcendentalists-thos Previous: Brahmastra-a nuclear weapon produced by chanting a mantra, more powerful than many atomic bombs. It could be used only on a person of equal or superior strength. This weapon was given by Drona to Arjuna. Next: Brahma-the first created living being and secondary creator of the material universe. Directed by Lord Visnu, he creates all life forms in the universes. He also rules the mode of passion. Twelve of his hours equals 4,320,000,000 earth-years, and his life span is more than 311 trillion of our years; The first living being in the universe, Brahma was born not of a womb but the lotus that grows from Lord Visnu's navel. He is the forefather and guru of the demigods, the giver of the Vedas, and the director of the vaikrta or secondary phase of cosmic creation by which all species of plants, animals, human beings and demigods come into existence. Thus he takes charge of the creative rajo-guna, just as Siva takes charge of the destructive tamo-guna. Brahma is usually a jiva, though rarely, when there is no qualified jiva to assume this post, the Supreme Lord expands Himself as Brahma. See Demigods, Modes of nature.