The Description of Creation,^ - Verse 2
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 7 · Verse 2
Sanskrit Original
तमो मोहो महामोहस्तामिस्त्रश्चान्धसंज्ञितः। अविद्या पञ्चपर्वैषा प्रादुर्भूता महात्मनः।।
tamo moho mahāmohastāmistraścāndhasaṃjñitaḥ| avidyā pañcaparvaiṣā prādurbhūtā mahātmanaḥ||
abuddfdpurvaka occurs also in VP. I. 5.4. (as this verse is common to KP. and VP.). Sridhara interprets as anavadhdna^mula (caused through inadvertence). A.S. Gupta quotes LP. I. 5.1-2 where this very word occurs and is explained as anavadhdna-mula by the Com. Ganesa. Relying on the word cintayatah (Srstirh cintayatah ), Gupta thinks that this creation is buddhi’purvaka. I think that Sridhara is correct. In experimentation or planning one considers different alternatives before deliberately arriving at Che final conclusion. In the case of Brahma, the creation being on his r.7.2-4 57