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Brahmā's cosmogonic origin is rooted in the Vedic Hiraṇyagarbha (Ṛgveda 10.121), refracted in the Upanishadic Virāṭ / Hiraṇyagarbha / Avyākṛta scheme. The Matsya Purāṇa recounts th…

The cosmogonic origin of Brahmā is rooted in the Vedic concept of *Hiraṇyagarbha* — the 'Golden Womb' or 'Cosmic Embryo'. The *Hiraṇyagarbha Sūkta* (Ṛgveda 10.121) opens with the p…

… at the dawn of each Kalpa. Born from the cosmic golden egg (Hiranyagarbha) or from the lotus emerging from Vishnu's navel, he represents the cosmic intellect (Mahat) and the creati …

In the later Upanishadic prose, particularly the *Taittirīya* tradition, the Absolute Brahman is refracted through a threefold division of cosmic consciousness: - **Virāṭ** — the …

The *Matsya Purāṇa* (2.25–30) records that after the great dissolution (*Mahāpralaya*) the universe lay in darkness. The self-manifested Being (*Svayambhū*) generated the primordia…

A comparative study of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva — Vedic antecedents, Upanishadic identifications, Purāṇic narratives, and the non-dual paradigm of Kashmiri Trika Shaivism.