The Cosmic Egg
(brahmanda) is a classic cosmological metaphor originally mentioned in the Markandeya Purana.
A solitary bloated egg floats on the waves of the sea of pralaya, or cosmic disintegration, in this narrative.
When Brahma cracks open this egg, its component elements (yolk, white, shell, and different membranes) create the material world and all of its inhabitants.
Despite the fact that this narrative is obviously metaphorical, it powerfully conveys the Hindu belief that all things originate from a single source and that the whole universe is therefore an organic totality.
Classical Hindu Mythology, edited and translated by Cornelia Dimmitt and J. A. B. van Buitenen, was published in 1978.
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