[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908) › c7.259 # Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.259 Indian Sculpture and Painting, Illustrated by Typical Masterpieces, with an Explanation of their Motives and Ideals c7.259 - **Language:** English ### [c7.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.259) At first within the Darkness, veiled in darkness, Chaos unknowable the All lay hid, Till straightway from the formless void, made manifest By the great power of heat, was born that germ. \*Rig-Veda\*, x. 129, Hymn of Creation. - [Previous: c7.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.258) - [Next: c7.260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.260) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.129) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.havell-1908.c7.259) · Pramāṇa