A History of Indian Philosophy [5 Volume Set] Quotes

“the agency of a creator, who is not however always the starting point, and we find that the theory of evolution is combined with the theory of creation, so that Prajâpati is sometimes spoken of as the creator while at other times the creator is said to have floated in the primeval water as a cosmic golden egg. Eschatology;”
― Surendranath Dasgupta, A History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. 1

“THE EARLIER UPANISADS (700 B.C.-600 B.C.) The place of the Upanisads in Vedic literature. Though it is generally held that the Upanisads are usually attached as appendices to the Âranyakas which are again attached to the Brâhmanas, yet it cannot be said that their distinction as separate treatises is always observed. Thus we find in some cases that subjects which we should expect to be discussed in a Brâhmana are introduced into the Âranyakas and the Âranyaka materials are sometimes fused into the great bulk of Upanisad teaching.”
― Surendranath Dasgupta, A History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. 1