The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1000 page)

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The mountain near Mecca to which, according to
ad
th
, Mu
ammad withdrew to meditate, and where, towards his fortieth year, he began to receive heavenly words which he was commissioned to announce to the Meccans.
Hira
yagarbha
or Hira
y
a
(Skt., ‘golden womb’, ‘golden embryo’). In early Hinduism, the source of all creation and life. In
g Veda
10. 121. 1 ff., Hira
yagarbha becomes the unified source of the created order and is identified with
Praj
pati
.

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