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is known," so the knowledge of the microcosm must lead to the knowledge of the macrocosm. Now, form is the outer crust, of which name or idea is the inner essence or kernel. In the microcosm, the body is the form, and the mind or the antahkarana is the name, and sound-symbols are universally associated with this name, in all beings having the power of speech. In other words, in the individual man the thought-waves arising in the limited mahat (79-mind-stuff) must manifest themselves, first as words or ideas, and then as the more concrete forms of speech and action.
In the universe also, Brahmá or Hiranyagarbha (the cosmic mahat or the universal mind) first manifested Itself as name, and then as form or the outer universe. All this expressed sensible universe is the form, behind which stands the eternal inexpress• यथा सौम्य कन मपिलेन सर्व मसायं विज्ञात स्थाद ।
(Chhándogya, VI-1).
