Surya Siddhanta
ततश् चराचरम् विश्वम् निर्ममे देवपूर्वकम् । ऊर्ध्वमध्याधरेभ्यो +अथ स्रोतोभ्यः प्रकृतीः सृजन्॥
After having created characteristics (prakåiti) such as superior and inferior, he created the demigods, human beings and the entire animate and inanimate (cäräcara) universe.
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