[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.2467 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2467 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.2467 - **Language:** English ### [c4.2467](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2467) Knowing that the world was lying in pure water, the Bhagavān (Supreme Being) cut the egg open. From it the Oṃkāra (the sacred syllable ‘Oṃ’) emanated. The first sound of it was ‘Bhūḥ’, the second, sound, ‘Bhuvaḥ’ and the third sound ‘Svaḥ’. So they came to be known as “Bhūrbhuvaḥ Svaḥ”. Then the glorious radiance of the sun was born from it and Brahmā the grandfather of the worlds originated in the centre of the egg. - [Previous: c4.2466](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2466) - [Next: c4.2468](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2468) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2467](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2467) · Pramāṇa