Hiraṇyagarbha (Devanagari: हिरण्यगर्भः ; literally the golden womb or golden egg, poetically rendered universal germ) is the source of the creation of the Universe or the manifested cosmos in Indian philosophy,[1] it finds mention in one hymn of the Ṛigveda (RV 10.121), known as the Hiraṇyagarbha Sūkta, suggesting a single creator deity(verse 8: yo deveṣv ādhi devā eka āsīt, Griffith:He is the God of gods, and none beside him.), in the hymn identified as Prajāpati The concept golden womb is again mentioned in Viswakarma suktha Rg 10-82. The Upaṇiṣad calls it the Soul of the Universe or Brahman,[2] and elaborates that Hiraṇyagarbha floated around in emptiness and the darkness of the non-existence for about a year, and then broke into two halves which formed the Svarga and the Pṛthvi. In classical Purāṇic Hinduism, Hiraṇyagarbha is a name of Brahmā, so called because he was born from a golden egg (Manu Smṛti 1.9), while the Mahābhārata calls it the Manifest.[3] Post-classical yoga traditions consider Hiranyagarbha as the originator of yoga.
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