The Manifest is created from the Unmanifest. This is called by the learned the Creation of Knowledge. The creation of (Virat) and Consciousness, by Hiranyagarbha, is the Creation of Ignorance.
अव्यक्ताद् व्यक्तमापन्नं विद्यासगं वदन्ति तम्। महान्तं चाप्यहङ्कारमविद्यासर्गमेव च॥