(Lit. the Golden Egg.) The first manifestation of Saguna Brahman in the relative universe.

Supreme God, golden egg, universal consciousness, or Supreme Self

Cosmic intelligence; the supreme lord of the universe; cosmic mind.

("Golden Germ"): the mythical founder of yoga; the first cosmological principle (tattva) to emerge out of the infinite Reality; also called Brahma

According to Hindu mythology, Hiranyagarbha, meaning the golden womb, is the source of the creation of the universe. It is one of the Vedic myths which explain the origin and the creation of the cosmos and the universe. The legend states that the Hiranyagarbha floated around in water in the emptiness and the darkness of the non-existence for about a year, and then broke into two halves which formed the Swarga and the Prithvi, and most likely other parts of the universe.