Svayambhu

Svayambhu

svayam— "himself", "oneself", bhū— "created";
"Self-existent, Self-born, Self-manifested", "self-existent being"

An epithet of Brahma as a primordial (uncreated) being. In the Upanishads it defines the nature of the Absolute — Brahman.

The image of God, arising by His will, explicitly or spontaneously, in natural objects.

See also svayambhu-lingam.