Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s1.t6.20

v2.c10.s1.t6.20

Another kind suggested that the world was created from limbs of a supernatural being. According to Hymn Purusa of the *Rigveda* (10.90), Purusa has 1,000 head, 1,000 eyes and 1,000 feet and is all that has been and all that is to be, and the lord of immortality. His mouth turned into the Brahman, his two arms the Kshatriya, his thighs the Vaisya and his feet the Sudra. The Moon was gendered from his breast, the Sun from his eyes, Indra and Agni from his mouth, and Vayu from his breath. The air was generated from his navel, the eventually contributed to the establishment of a complete system of Hindu mythology.