A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2102

c5.2102

VIRĀJ. Manu thus describes Virāj :—“Having divided his body into two parts, the lord (Brahmā) became with the half a male, and with the (other) half a female; and in her he created Virāj. Know that I (Manu), whom that male Virāj himself created, am the creator of all this world.” (See Manu.) One passage in the Rig-veda says, “From him (Purusha) sprang Virāj, and from Virāj (sprang) Purusha” (Muir’s Texts, v. 50, 369), like as Aditi is said to have sprung from Daksha, and Daksha from Aditi. Virāj, the male half of Brahmā, is supposed to typify all male creatures; and Sata-rūpā, the female half, all female forms.