Origin of universe

• To: editor@rbhatnagar.ececs.uc.edu
• Subject: Origin of universe
• From: Mani Varadarajan <mani@srirangam.esd.sgi.com>
• Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 15:32:33 -0700
• From mani@srirangam.esd.sgi.com Tue Jul 25 18: 21:22 1995
• Newsgroups: alt.hindu
• References: <3v3o42$jhq@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
• Reply-To: mani@srirangam.esd.sgi.com

Jagan@bnr.ca writes:
>      A few days back I came across a newspaper article which said
>       that the hindus believe that the universe came into existence from a 
>      'primeval being with  thousand hands,  thousand eyes and  thousand
>       heads'. This being was called Hiranyagarbha ( golden foetus ?)
>       and it sacrificed itself to create the universe. Can anyone
>       provide more information on this? 

This is the famed "Purusha-sUkta", found in all four Vedas.
I do not think "Hiranyagarbha" is used in the sUkta, though
the name is commonly used in the Veda to denote the
supreme being.

A while back, the sUkta was posted with translation and commentary.
Rather than reposting, I can email it to those who are interested.

Mani

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