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Which is the earliest scripture to depict Brahma as the navel-lotus-born offspring of Vishnu?
The oldest Shaastra would be the Rgveda, which indirectly mentions Brahmaa (Hiranyagarbha) taking birth from the navel of Vishnu.
तमिद्गर्भं॑ प्रथ॒मं द॑ध्र॒ आपो॒ यत्र॑ दे॒वाः स॒मग॑च्छन्त॒ विश्वे॑ ।
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Which is the earliest scripture to depict Brahma as the navel-lotus-born offspring of Vishnu?
Brahma is born of a cosmic egg and is not a navel-lotus-born offspring of Vishnu.
While he was lying there, taking repose in the Atman, he, the mighty
Visnu, created a lotus in his umbilicus just for ...
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