‘What is the Sanskrit word for universe?’ countered Saini. ‘In ancient Hindu texts, the universe is called Brahamanda. The word Brahamanda is derived from two words—Brahama and Anda. Brahama means expanding and anda means egg. It’s a fitting description of the expanding egg-shaped universe as described by the Big Bang theory. Vish simply represents expansion of energy into matter and Shiv represents contraction of matter back to energy—the energy of the universe remaining constant and unchanged.’
