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Hindu Ideas of Creation

In Our Time

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The Origin Narrative in the Laws of Manu

Gavan Flood: The question of origin simply becomes a formal way of structuring what you want to say. He says there's an early Sanskrit text called the Laws of Manu, which contains contrasting versions of creation. Gavan Flood: People are looking to give different answers because that's what concerns them at that point in time.

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