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Feb 23, 2001

The Creation according to Hindu mythology is not an event that happened once. Creation and Destruction follow each other without beginning and without end. There is considerable contradiction amongst the various mythological texts as to what happens next. I shall continue to refer to events as narrated in the Matsya Purana. First Brahma used his mental powers to create the immortal sages but ultimately had to turn his attention to the task of creating mortal men and women in the normal way.

Hence he created the female form Shatrupa, who is more popularly known as Saraswati. He gazed lovingly at her and when she went behind him, he sprouted a face at the back of his head so that he could continue to look at her. Similarly he sprouted a face to the right and left and one on top of his head as well. He married her and had a son Manu, who was the first man. Manu underwent a long penance and was rewarded with a wife Ananti. The Matsya Purana does not specify the origin of Ananti, but some sources say that she was a manifestation of Shatrupa. Manu and Ananti then carried on the procreation of the human race.

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