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In the [[historical Vedic religion]], '''{{IAST|Tvaṣṭṛ}}''' is the first-born creator of the universe. The ''[[Purusha Sukta]]'' refers to the [[Purusha]] as Tvastr, who is the visible form of creativity emerged from the navel of the invisible [[Vishvakarman]].<ref>अ॒द्भ्यः सम्भू॑तः पृथि॒व्यै रसा॓च्च । वि॒श्वक॑र्मणः॒ सम॑वर्त॒ताधि॑ ।

In the [[historical Vedic religion]], '''{{IAST|Tvaṣṭṛ}}''' is the first-born creator of the universe. The ''[[Purusha Sukta]]'' refers to the [[Purusha]] as Tvastr, who is the visible form of creativity emerged from the navel of the invisible [[Vishvakarman]].<ref>अ॒द्भ्यः सम्भू॑तः पृथि॒व्यै रसा॓च्च । वि॒श्वक॑र्मणः॒ सम॑वर्त॒ताधि॑ ।

तस्य॒ त्वष्टा॑ वि॒दध॑द्रू॒पमे॑ति । तत्पुरु॑षस्य॒ विश्व॒माजा॑न॒मग्रे॓ ॥ Rigveda 10-82</ref> In the ''[[Yajurveda]]'', ''Purusha Sukta'' and the tenth mandala of the ''[[Rigveda]]'', his character and attributes are merged with the concept of Hiranyagharbha/Prajapathy or Brahma. The term, also transliterated as ''Tvaṣṭr'', nominative ''{{IAST|Tvaṣṭā}}'', is the ''heavenly builder'', the maker of divine implements, especially [[Indra]]'s [[Vajra]] and the guardian of [[Soma]]. Tvaṣṭṛ is mentioned 65 times in the [[rigveda|Ṛgveda]]<ref name="md" /> and is the former of the bodies of men and animals,' and invoked when desiring offspring, called ''garbha-pati'' or ''the lord of the womb''.<ref name="md">{{cite book|last=Macdonell|first=Arthur Anthony |title=Vedic mythology|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ|year=1995|series=Vedas|pages=116–118|chapter=Abstract Gods|isbn=9788120811133}}</ref> The term Tvaṣṭṛ is mentioned in the [[Mitanni]] treaty, which establishes him as a [[Indo-Iranians|proto-Indo-Iranian]] divinity.

तस्य॒ त्वष्टा॑ वि॒दध॑द्रू॒पमे॑ति । तत्पुरु॑षस्य॒ विश्व॒माजा॑न॒मग्रे॓ ॥ Rigveda 10-82</ref> In the ''[[Yajurveda]]'', ''Purusha Sukta'' and the tenth mandala of the ''[[Rigveda]]'', his character and attributes are merged with the concept of Hiranyagharbha/Prajapathy or Brahma. The term, also transliterated as ''Tvaṣṭr'', nominative ''{{IAST|Tvaṣṭā}}'', is the ''heavenly builder'', the maker of divine implements, especially [[Indra]]'s [[Vajra]] and the guardian of [[Soma]]. Tvaṣṭṛ is mentioned 65 times in the [[rigveda|Ṛgveda]]<ref name="md" /> and is the former of the bodies of men and animals,' and invoked when desiring offspring, called ''garbha-pati'' or ''the lord of the womb''.<ref name="md">{{cite book|last=Macdonell|first=Arthur Anthony |title=Vedic mythology|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ|year=1995|series=Vedas|pages=116–118|chapter=Abstract Gods|isbn=9788120811133}}</ref> The term Tvaṣṭṛ is mentioned in the [[Mitanni]] treaty, which establishes him as a [[Indo-Iranians|proto-Indo-Iranian]] divinity.