"DIVINE" THEORY OF CREATION :SHATHPAT BRAHMAN;
Frankly speaking,it is not at all easy to make out a definite assessment from the Hindu scriptures,because the imagination of the writers seems to have run wild on this subject,not having any logical authority,each writer has written as per his whim and even at the cost of contradiction within one scripture.
Shathpat Brahman,is considered as the large
Frankly speaking,it is not at all easy to make out a definite assessment from the Hindu scriptures,because the imagination of the writers seems to have run wild on this subject,not having any logical authority,each writer has written as per his whim and even at the cost of contradiction within one scripture.
Shathpat Brahman,is considered as the large
st Vedic text,after Rigveda,among long list of scriptures.It contains elaborate description on Vedic concepts and rituals,then customs,war methodology of Aryans,then socio-political system.It is considered as an encyclopedic text due to adequate amount of information and its vivid descriptions. Since there are 100 chapters in said scripture,as such it is called as Shathpat Brahman.
Shathpat Brahman relates the creation of men and animals as under :-
*Prajapati [Brahma] desired about creation.He created animals from his breaths,a man from his soul,a horse from the eye,a bull from his breath,a sheep from his ear, a goat from his voice.
*In another passage,there is quite a different account. Purusha as the soul of the universe,was alone and unhappy.He desired a second. He caused his self to fall asunder into two parts.Thence a husband and wife came into existence.From them men were born.She thought,how does he after having produced me from himself,cohabit with me?Ah,let me disappear!She became a cow and the other a bull;from them kine were produced.The one became a mare,the other a stallion;the one a she ass;the other a male ass.From them the class of animals with undivided hoofs were produced. The one became a she goat,the other a he goat,the one an ewe,the other a ram.From them goats and sheep were produced. In this manner pairs of all creatures whatsoever,down to ants were created.
*Prajapati created living beings. From his upper vital airs,he created the gods; from his lower vital airs,mortal creatures.
[Hindu Mythology; W.J.Wilkins,page 290 -291].
Shathpat Brahman relates the creation of men and animals as under :-
*Prajapati [Brahma] desired about creation.He created animals from his breaths,a man from his soul,a horse from the eye,a bull from his breath,a sheep from his ear, a goat from his voice.
*In another passage,there is quite a different account. Purusha as the soul of the universe,was alone and unhappy.He desired a second. He caused his self to fall asunder into two parts.Thence a husband and wife came into existence.From them men were born.She thought,how does he after having produced me from himself,cohabit with me?Ah,let me disappear!She became a cow and the other a bull;from them kine were produced.The one became a mare,the other a stallion;the one a she ass;the other a male ass.From them the class of animals with undivided hoofs were produced. The one became a she goat,the other a he goat,the one an ewe,the other a ram.From them goats and sheep were produced. In this manner pairs of all creatures whatsoever,down to ants were created.
*Prajapati created living beings. From his upper vital airs,he created the gods; from his lower vital airs,mortal creatures.
[Hindu Mythology; W.J.Wilkins,page 290 -291].
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