[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v7.c95.43 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c95.43 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c95.43 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c95.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.43) In XI. 1. 6. 1 ff. the Śat. Br. states "In the beginning this was water, only a sea The waters desired 'How shall we have progeny?' They toiled and practised austerities; while they were doing this a golden egg was produced, which floated for about a year, in about a year's time a Puruṣa, Prajāpati, was born; he broke. open the egg; he created the Gods by (the breath of) his mouth, he created Agni, Indra, Soma" &c. - [Previous: v7.c95.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.42) - [Next: v7.c95.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.44) - [Up: v7.c95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95) ## Cites (1) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.11.1.6.1) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.43) · Pramāṇa