Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s10.t3.34

v1.c7.s10.t3.34

The *Creation* states, “Then was not non-existent or existent”. Deities arose after the creation of the world. The concept of “tadekam” (that is, One Thing) is proposed, and there is nothing else other than tadekam. Actually, “tadekam” is thought to be the origin of the universe. This hymn shows, some Vedic poets tend to take the origin of the universe as something beyond secular existence or nonexistence, and such cause is something abstract and primary rather than the then popular deities. However, it is not ambiguous what “tadekam” is, and roughly speaking, it is something of fundamental cause or an origin prior to the unfolding of all things.