Studies in the Epics and Puranas c8.117

c8.117

The Manusmṛti differs from the Sāṅkhya in that it does not hold a duality of First Principles. The Purāṇas, however, are still different, in which, as may already have been noted by readers, the dualistic principles are united in Brahmā and are not evolutions therefrom but so many aspects of some supreme deity. The world is neither an emanation nor an illusion according to the Purāṇas but is regarded as consubstantial with its first cause.