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divine nature, beheld all one universal blank, and contemplating creation 

 with his mental vision, he began to create all things by his own will, being 

 united with his will, which became manifest as Mula Prakriti.* The 

 original Prakriti first assumed live forms t~ Durga the bride, Sakti, and 

 Maya, of Siva, Lakshm! the bride, Sakti and Mdyd of Vishnu, Saraswat! 

 the same of Brahma, or in the Brahma Vaivarlta Purdna, of Hari, 

 whilst the next, Savitri is the bride of Brahma. The fifth division of 

 the original Prakriti, was Radha, the favourite of the youthful Krishna, 

 and unquestionably a modern intruder into the Hindu Pantheon. 



Besides these more important manifestations of the female principle, 

 the whole body of goddesses and nymphs of every order, are said to have 

 sprung from the same source, and indeed every creature, whether human 

 or brutal, of the female sex, is referred to the same principle, whilst the 

 origin of males is ascribed to the primitive Puruslia, or male. In every 

 creation of the universe, it is said the Mula Prakriti assumes the differ- 

 ent gradations of Ansarupim, Kaldrupini, and Kalansarupini, J or mani- 





From the wish which was the creative impulse of Sri Krishna, endowed with his will, she, 

 Mula Prakriti, the Supreme, became manifest. 



And she (the Mula Prakriti,) became in the act of creation five-fold by the will of the Supreme. 



In every creation of the universe the Devi, through divine Yoga, assumes different forms, and 

 becomes Ansarupd, Kaldrupd, and Kalansarupd, or Ansunsarupd. 



