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Viṣṇu asleep on the causal waters, a lotus rising from his navel, and Brahmā born on it with no memory of where he came from — the Bhāgavata's account of cre …

… Born from the cosmic golden egg (Hiranyagarbha) or from the lotus emerging from Vishnu's navel, he represents the cosmic intellect (Mahat) and the creative power of Rajas Guna.

Before Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva became a coordinated trio, the Brāhmaṇa texts already told stories of one god's injury, rivalry and repair during sacrifice — Viṣṇu as a dwarf and as …

Sarasvatī, goddess of learning, rides a white swan (haṁsa). How a Ṛgvedic river goddess came to ride a bird, where the famous milk-and-water story actually comes from, and why the …

… in white, holding a vīṇā, a book and a rosary, seated on a lotus with a **haṁsa** (हंस) beside her or beneath her. This is why she is called **Haṁsavāhinī**, "she who rides the sw …

When Devahūti, daughter of Manu and mother of the sage Kapila, asks her divine son how the soul can be freed from sorrow, he teaches her the complete science of Sāṅkhya and bhakti …

Insulted by his stepmother and denied his father's lap, five-year-old Dhruva walks into the forest to find God Himself — and through six months of unshakable penance wins not only …

Before Brahma can begin a new creation, two demons born from Vishnu's own ear-wax rise to kill him — and the only thing standing between them and the Preserver's own mystic sleep i…