Meanings of mum'mūrttikaḷ in English

Trinity of supreme divinity in Hinduism; personifies cosmic creation/maintenance/destruction: Brahmā (creator), Viṣṇu (preserver), Śiva (destroyer); arose in the Puranic period as a synthesis of orthodox Brahmanism with Śaivism, Vaiṣṇavism, & Śāktism.