Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c9.83

c9.83

"The desire for creating was followed by the emergence of two Agents or principles of creation, the male or active, *Retodhā*, and the female or passive, *Mahimānaḥ*, whose operations, like the Sun's rays (Raśmi), spread in all directions, oblique, above, and below. Creation was the work of *Svadhā* and *Prayati*, Śiva and Śakti, the One manifesting Itself in the Many, the Formless choosing to appear in forms.