Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c5.s1.12

c5.s1.12

The starting point in these speculations is either Prajāpati desiring offspring and creating, or the primeval waters, on which floated the cosmic golden egg (*hiraṇyagarbha*) whence the spirit desiring and creating the universe is produced. “This fundamental contradiction as to the priority of Prajāpati or of the waters appears to be the result of combining the theory of evolution with that of creation.”³¹ The theory of creation is further developed in post-Vedic literature.³²