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Rigveda
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. A collection of ancient Indian sacred Vedic hymns, written in Sanskri, and believed to date from the early Vedic period (c. 1700–1100 B.C.)
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Science Quotes by Rigveda (1)
[In the beginning, before creation] There was neither Aught nor Naught, no air nor sky beyond. ...
[There was only]
A self-supporting mass beneath, and energy above.
Who knows, who ever told, from whence this vast creation rose?
No gods had yet been born—who then can e'er the truth disclose?
[There was only]
A self-supporting mass beneath, and energy above.
Who knows, who ever told, from whence this vast creation rose?
No gods had yet been born—who then can e'er the truth disclose?
— Rigveda
In Rigveda. In John Robson, Hinduism and Its Relations to Christianity (1893), 17.
See also: | Air (25) | Big Bang (15) | Creation (46) | Energy (38) | Mass (6) | Myth (14) | Sky (7) | Truth (241) | Universe (138)
