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hiraṇyagarbha

hiraṇya—garbhá m. a golden fetus, [Cat.]

N. of Brahmā (so called as born from a golden egg formed out of the seed deposited in the waters when they were produced as the first creation of the Self-existent; according to [Mn. i, 9], this seed became a golden egg, resplendent as the sun, in which the Self-existent Brahma was born as Brahmā the Creator, who is therefore regarded as a manifestation of the Self-existent, [RV. x, 121]), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] &c. (cf. [RTL. 14] &c.)

N. of the author of the hymn Ṛgveda[x, 121] (having the patr. Prājāpatya), [Anukr.]

of a Vedānta teacher, [Tattvas.]

of various other persons, [Cat.]

of Viṣṇu, [MBh.]

of a flamingo, [Hit.]

(in phil.) the soul invested with the Sūkṣma-śarīra or subtle body (= sūtrātman, prāṇātman), [Vedāntas.]

hiraṇya—garbhá n. (prob.) N. of a Liṅga, [ib.]

hiraṇya—garbhá mfn. relating to Hiraṇya-garbha or Brahmā, [IndSt.]