[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v1.c5.s1.2607 # The Purana Index v1.c5.s1.2607 The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s1.2607 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.s1.2607](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s1.2607) \*Ārṣa\* (II)—origin of; when the whole world was in a state of \*cetana-acetana\* knowledge like the fish in the water, the truth influenced by \*cetana\* arises with \*guṇa\*; \*kāryam\* is the result of \*kāraṇa\* or reason; so also \*viṣaya\* is the result of \*viṣayitva\* and \*artha\* of \*arthitva\*; by this \*Mahat\* and others function by degrees. Vā. 59. 63-8. - [Previous: v1.c5.s1.2606](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s1.2606) - [Next: v1.c5.s1.2608](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s1.2608) - [Up: v1.c5.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s1.2607](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s1.2607) · Pramāṇa