 A distinction between spiritual concept of Brahman, and deity Brahma, is that the former is a genderless abstract metaphysical concept in Hinduism, while the latter is one of the many masculine gods in Hindu tradition.The spiritual concept of Brahman is far older, and some scholars suggest deity Brahma may have emerged as a personal conception and visible icon of the impersonal universal principle called Brahman.In Sanskrit grammar, the noun stem "brahman" forms two distinct nouns; one is a neuter noun "bráhman", whose nominative singular form is ""; this noun has a generalized and abstract meaning.