...notion familiar to all ancient cosmogonies. GAURAPADA says, 'the first of the elements was darkness t-' It is the first of the ' elements,' not the first...visible creation, when " chaos was, and night," and when Nullus adhuc mundo praebebai lumina Tiian, Nee nova crescendo reparabai cornua Phoebe. In the influence...

...notion familiar to all ancient cosmogonies. GAURAPADA says, ' the first of the elements was darkness f.' It is the first of the ' elements,' not the first of ' things ;' for it was preceded by urievolved nature, and intellect, and it is itself a modified form of individuality. It therefore harmonizes...

...expression in the Bhdshya, which presents a notion familiar to all ancient cosmogonies. Gaudapáda says, ' the first of the elements was darkness.' It...visible creation, when ' chaos was, and night,' and when sence to be dark, or to be active. To the end that egotism may acquire the distinction of pure, it...

...expression in the Bhdshya, which presents a notion familiar to all ancient cosmogonies. Gaudapáda says, ' the first of the elements was darkness.' It...visible creation, when ' chaos was, and night,' and when 48 eence to be dark, or to be active. To the end that egotism may acquire the distinction of pure,...

...the term bhiitddi ' generative of the elements,' epithetically employed in place of ' dark egotism,' is again rendered, by Professor Wilson, " first element."...visible creation, when ' chaos was, and night,' and when sence to be dark, or to be active. To the end that egotism may acquire the distinction of pure, it...