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40 THE DOCTRINE OF MAYAspoken ofin the hymndo not stand in antithesis(as they do in early Greek philosophy) ; onthecontrary, they are one, though they are two fromour way of looking at them. 1 The undevelopedstate, known as kdrandvasthd, isspoken of as Non-Beingit does not mean the negation of Being ,while the manifested state is called by the nameofBeing.This also explains why Beingis said to be born ofNon-Being in R.V. x. 72. 2-3, and the root of theformer is discovered in the latter (R.V. x. 129. 4).There might appear many such contradictions implied in the use of terms, but they are only seemingcontradictions, and vanish as soon as the real reconciliation (vyavastha)is made out.Now, after attaining a consciousness of the oneness of all things, the next step was naturally a questafter the nature of this unity. An attemptis madeto determine it in R.V. x. 121, where, after describing the majesty and wonder of the vast network ofcreation, the poet at last names Prajapati as theunknown god, the ultimate unity of all creation."Prajapati,than thou there is no other,Who holds in his embrace the whole creation."This idea of Prajapati is subsequently transformedunder the name of Brahman or Atman in the Upani-1On this idea see ankara s commentary on Vedanta-Siitras, i. 4. 15, p. 376, 11. 7-10 (Bibl. Ind. edn.).