Virāj
mythological figure · 3 works · 6 mentions · 8 anchored passages
Viraj · that Male
in the texts
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
A personified cosmic principle (often female, called 'the ruling one'), the subject of an extended riddle hymn and later identified with Prāṇa.
Prāṇa is Virāj;
Virāj follows after Svarāj from behind;
The two calves of Virāj arose from the primordial waters — I ask you:
Rigveda
A cosmic principle/being born from Puruṣa, from whom Puruṣa is in turn born again.
from Virāj the Puruṣa was born again.
Manusmṛti
The male being created within the female half of the divided primordial deity, identified with Manu himself.
Having divided his own body into two, the Lord became male with one half and female with the other;
Know me, O best of the twice-born, to be that Male, Viraj, whom he himself created after performing *tapas*, the creator of this entire universe.