The primordial substance of the cosmos, the source of creation, is called prakriti, the creatrix. The whys are beginningless but truth transcends time.
The creatrix is not a product of Brahman nor other than Brahman. As self-awareness is neither a product of awareness nor something other than awareness.
There are three kinds of threads weaving the net of this creatrix: intelligence (sattva), motion (rajas), and material (tamas). Like energy, the speed of light, and matter.
When the weave is pure intelligence, this creatrix is called Maya. When such a weave is then mixed with motion and matter, it's called Avidya (nescience).
Brahman reflected in Maya is Isvara, that supreme universal god. Brahman reflected in Avidya are jivas like me and you.
(see Pancadasi 1:15-17)
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