What does Godhead actually mean?
Philosophy · asked by user [] · 2008-03-13 · 2 answers
It is not Gods head, or is it?
user [175] · 2008-03-13
God'b7head /uc0u712 gu594 du716 hu603 d/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[god-hed] '96noun
1.
a. the essential being of God; the Supreme Being.
b. the Holy Trinity of God the Father, Christ the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
2. (lowercase) divinity; godhood.
3. (lowercase) Rare. a god or goddess; deity
[Origin: 1200'9650; ME godhede; see god, -head]
god'b7head (gu335 dhu283 d) Pronunciation Key
n.
1. Divinity; godhood.
2. Godhead
1. The Christian God, especially the Trinity.
2. The essential and divine nature of God, regarded abstractly.
[Middle English godhode, godhede, from Old English godhu257 d : god, god; see god + -hu257 d, -hood.]
godhead
from god (q.v.) + M.E. -hede, cognate with -hood and Ger. -heit. Along with maidenhead, this is the sole survival of this form of the suffix.
user [154] · 2008-03-14
Godhead is the nondual Absolute Truth Brahman-Paramatma-Bhagavan of which Krsna is the Supreme Personality.