[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) › c7.1119 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.1119 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.1119 - **Language:** English ### [c7.1119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1119) (Impelled by the Vāsanās of previous actions the Māyā-śakti proceeds to create the world, beginning with the 24 tattvas. My form which is immaterial and unmanifested is praised by all śāstras to be the cause of all causes and the basis of all tattvas. It is also the basis of all knowledge, action and volition and realizable only through the hrīṁkāra mantra). - [Previous: c7.1118](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1118) - [Next: c7.1120](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1120) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1119](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.1119) · Pramāṇa