Tag: Agastya

  • I Am a Brahmin Sanskrit Scholar Tolkappiar Tamil

    The oft repeated canard that the Brahmins were invaders , entered through Khyber Pass, imposed Aryan Supremacy over the Dravida Tamil and that Tamil is against Sanskrit and the Vedas gets nailed when one reads the ancient Tamil works in the original.

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    Tolkaapiyar Tamil Grammarian 8 BC.

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    It is a different matter that these people do not where the Khyber Pass is, is another matter.

    The Aran Invasion theory perpetrated by the British has been nailed.

    Please read my Post on this.

    The First literary work n Tamil was by Sage Agastya, called Agathiyam, which was consumed by a Tsunami.

    Agastya was a Brahmin.

    The next work in Tamil dealing with Tamil Grammar, was written by Tolkappiyar.

    It is called Tolkaapiyam, meaning Ancient literature.

    This Book deals with the rules of Tamil Grammar.

    A joker politician in Tamil Nadu changed his Father’s Name(?) from , if I recall correctly, to Tolpaapiyan, thinking that it is a Non Brahmin Name.

    The politician is a Dalit,

    These people destroy the fabric of the society for they know nothing of the rich culture of Tamil and its traditions.

    Let us see who Tolkaapiyar is from….?

    Tolkappiyar himself.

    In his preface to Tolkaapiyam he writes,

     

    வட வேங்கடம் தென் குமரி
    ஆயிடைத்
    தமிழ் கூறும் நல் உலகத்து
    வழக்கும் செய்யுளும் ஆயிரு முதலின்
    எழுத்தும் சொல்லும் பொருளும் நாடிச்
    செந்தமிழ் இயற்கை சிவணிய நிலத்தொடு
    முந்து நூல் கண்டு முறைப்பட எண்ணிப்
    புலம் தொகுத்தோனே போக்கு அறு பனுவல்
    நிலம் தரு திருவின் பாண்டியன் அவையத்து
    அறம் கரை நாவின் நான்மறை முற்றிய‌
    அதங்கோட்டு ஆசாற்கு அரில் தபத் தெரிந்து
    மயங்கா மரபின் எழுத்து முறை காட்டி
    மல்கு நீர் வரைப்பின் ஐந்திரம் நிறைந்த‌
    தொல்காப்பியன்
    எனத் தன் பெயர் தோற்றிப்
    பல் புகழ் நிறுத்த படிமையோனே

     

    அறம் கரை நாவின் நான்மறை முற்றிய‌
    அதங்கோட்டு ஆசாற்கு- I am a disciple of Athankottu Aasan, a Brahmin well versd in the Vedas.

     

    ஐந்திரம் நிறைந்த‌
    தொல்காப்பியன்
    எனத் தன் பெயர் தோற்றி. I have studied the Einthiram( a Grammar book in Tamil , lost to us  mentioned in Panini’s  Grammar ”

    Aindraim.

     

    ‘The Aindra (of Indra) school of Sanskrit grammar is one of the eleven schools of Sanskrit grammar mentioned in Pāṇini’s Ashtadhyayi. It is named after Indra in allusion toLord Indra, the king of Gods in Hindu mythology. Arthur Coke Burnell, a renowned orientologist, in his 1875 book, “On the Aindra school of Sanskrit grammars” details this school. Burnell believed that most non-Pāṇinian systems of Sanskrit grammar were traceable to this school of grammar, believed to be the oldest and reputed to be founded by Indra.’

    Tolkaapiyar is not his real name.

    Tolkaapiyar of the Lineage of Bhrigu and Jamadagni.

    His real name was ‘ThruNadhUmAgn’

    He was one of the twelve disciples of  Agastya.

    Tolkaapiyam was made Public in Adankodu, a part of Kerala.

    But Tolkaapiyar says this was done in the presence of a Pandyan King.

    Af=dhankodu was in Chera Kigdom.

    Possible that at that time , the Kingdom was won by Pndyas.

    There is a view that Tolkaapiyar was born in an agrarian Family.

    But there is no sufficient evidence to support this.

    Citation.

    Tolkaapiyar Name

    Sage Agastya

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agastya

     

     

  • Rama’s Empire Covered The World,A Study

    I have been pursuing the spread of Sanatana Dharma throughout the world,by checking up,

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    Rama’s World Empire

    1.Archeological findings.

    2.Astronomical dating of events in Rama’s Life and of the events that had taken place in what are Foreign lands to India now, mentioned in the Ramayana.

    3.The Mahabharata connection.

    4.The Vedic practices followed by almost all countries in some form or the other by civilisations which predate the recorded literature of these lands.

    5.Cultural similarity, in many cases , identity.

    6.The strong influence of Sanskrit over almost all the languages of the world .

    7.Another ancient language of the world Tamil, which had also spread throughout the world, in some form or other.

    I have been posting articles on the subject, probably about 60, on the presence of Hinduism ,Sanatana Dharma throughout the world.

    One central point struck me.

    More than the Puranas, Mahabharata and other Sanatana Dharma inputs, Ramayana seems to have found a place every where.

    If one checks the directions given by Sugreeva to his army in the search for Sita, one would find references to even  Peru, among others!

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    Indian Influence in Souh East Asia.
    Greater India: The expansion of Indian culture and influence both in Central Asia and the South East towards the countries and islands of the Pacific is one of the momentous factors of world history.
    (image source: A Survey of Indian History – By Sardar Kavalam Madhava Panikkar).Click to Enlarge

    From Polynesia to Americas.

    It is present in Mayan,Aztec,Babylonian, Assyrian,Greek,Roman,Latin American Incas,Russia, China, you find a country in the Map,if you dig deep, you shall find the Ramayana connection.

    The obvious inference is that Rama’s Empire must have spread throughout the world, including the Atlantis

    This is not so preposterous if one knows Geology , the origin of Continents and the Continental shift.

    To add strength to my view is the fact that there are quite a few civilisations of which we practically know very little, yet we find references to Ramayana and Vedas.

    Major known civilizations apart there were some other civilisations.

    Sumerians, the Olmecs, the pre-Egyptians and the Megalithics

    There are theories that suggest Rama’s empire might have ended by a Nuclear Bomb.

    “The strong radiation emanating from fossil corpses, at Mohenjo-Daro, forced the Indian government to close the site. Would have Rama’s Empire been destroyed by a nuke bomb? ( I shall be posting on this in detail)

    And the current dating of Rama not withstanding, Rama’s Empire might have existed about 10,000 years ago!

    “At Mahabalipuram in southern India, a legend says that a city was submerged 10,000 years ago. However, just before the tsunami of 26th December 2004, the waters receded very far. And the inhabitants of the town have seen the emergence of the ruins of a temple and of a stone house, as well as an elephant and two giant lions carved in granite. Two years earlier, Graham Hancock had set up an underwater expedition revealing the presence of masonry and frame walls, dated from 6,000 to 10,000 years ago. As in the legend …

    The Tamil Epics, specifically the Silapadikaram speaks of Rama in detail.

    Though the Silapadikaram is dated 5th or the 6th century CE, there is strong evidence it might have been earlier.

    Taking all this into account and the fact that the Super Continent of Gondwana is real, it is probable and possible that Rama’s Empire extended throughout the world.

    Citation.

    Hindu Wisdom

    Lost Civilisations

    Empire of Rama

  • Manu Rama’s Ancestor Migrated From South India 5000 BC

    We seem to accept legends,folklore from the West s History if they are quoted even if these sources are do not stand scrutiny.

    Thus we have sources like Greek mythologies,Legends on Roman Empire,The Bible,legends associated with the Prophet.

    When one studies them and try to cross reference them with archeological findings,astronomical phenomenon one comes with a near blank.

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    Lord Rama

    For instance, take the case of the Bible.

    It the legends in the Bible are true,they should have some points of reference to astronomical phenomena which one can verify,or reference to them in world literature of its times,; no such references.

    Or take the western History of Immigration and Human settlements in Europe,Latin America.

    One is informed that there was an initial wave from the east,Asia, and these people settled themselves in Bulgaria, Yugoslavia.

    Then the , second wave.

    Now these people moved on to other parts of Europe and to Spain, Portugal, North Africa.

    What is missing is the explanation as to from where did these people come from.

    And these people were reported to have mingled with the people who were already living in these places.

    If the first migration was from the East, how come there were people already living in these areas?

    From where did they come?

    For more on this, read my post Rama’s ancestor Dravida.

    But the Puranas and Tamil Classics provide information that can be checked with astronomical phenomenon, cross checked with other literature, archeological findings.

    One such information is the so-called Legends of the Tamil Sangams.

    Sangams are Poets’ Conclaves held by the Tamil Kings.

    There were three such Sangams held.

     

    The Tamil Sangams or Cankams were assemblies of Tamil scholars and poets that, according to traditional Tamil accounts, occurred in the remote past. Scholars believe that these assemblies were originally known as kooṭam or gathering.[1][2][3] which was also a name for Madurai. Three assemblies are described. The legend has it that the first two of which were held in cities since “taken by the sea”, and the third of which was held during the 5th century BC in the present-day city of Madurai. The word sangam has its mention in the sense of an ‘academy’ in several Tamil literary works like Tevaram, Thiruvilayadal puranam, periyapuranam and Irayanar Ahaporul. Also legend has it that Nammazwar’s Thiruvaimozhi was approved in an assembly of 300 poets.[4]

    The Sangam period extended from roughly 350 BC to 300 AD (early chola period before the interregnum), when the earliest extant works of Tamil literature were created (also known as Sangam literature).[5][6] However, the name Sangam and the associated legends probably derive from a much later period.[7] Whilst the accounts of first two Sangams are generally rejected as ahistorical, some modern scholars, such as Kamil Zvelebil,[8] find a kernel of truth in them, suggesting that they may be based on one or more actual historical assemblies. Others reject the entire notion as infactual.[9] Nevertheless, legends of the Sangams played a significant role in inspiring political, social, and literary movements in Tamil Nadu in the early 20th century.”

    References to Sangams abound in Tamil Classics.Silappadikaram,Sangam Literature.

    Sage Agasthya is reported to have formulated  the Tamil Language at the behest of lord Shiva.

    This Agasthya is not a an imaginary figure.

    His existence has been proved by checking up the fact of his crossing the Vindhya Mountains to proceed south on the orders of Lord Shiva to maintain the equilibrium f the earth.

    By calculating the position of the Star Visaka and constellation Canopus Agasthya has been proved.

    Agasthya’s date by this method is around 5000 BC.

     

    If sage Agastya was the first to cross
    the Vindhyas from the north, he would
    have been the first northerner to see the
    star. Hence the star has been named after
    him, just as the Magellanic clouds in the
    southern sky are named after the navigator Magellan,
    who first saw them as he
    sailed southwards.
    This fixes an epoch of 5000 BC
    for sage Agastya. This date is
    based on the assumption that for a star to
    be visible its meridian altitude has to be at least 5°
    . If we make 8°meridian altitude as the criterion for visibility,
    the date of Agastya would be shifted to about
    4000 BC.
    The dates 5000 and 4000 BC
    should therefore bracket the probable epoch
    of Agastya crossing the Vindhyan mountains.’

     

    The Sangam dates to 9000 BC.

     

    I found a sloka in the Bhaghavatham which states that Satyavata Manu, the ancestor of Lord Rama was a Dravidian.

     

    That saintly king and ruler (king) of the Dravida Countries who was known by the name of Satyavrata, at the end of the last kalpa (before the Pralaya) .. received knowledge by service to The Purusha, he indeed was Vaivaswata Manu, the son of Vivaswan, his sons have been proclaimed as the kings, famous as the Ikshvakus.

     

    Agasthya is referred to in the Ramayana Yuddhakanda asking Lord Rama in the battlefield to recite Adithya Hrudhayam.

     

    Shabri is stated to be belonging to the Bhil tribe. Shri Rams’ army, which succeeded in defeating Ravana, was formed by various tribes from Central and South India.

     

    Taking into account these details the Birth date of Lord Rama  is January 10 in the year 5114 BC

     

    This and Agasthya’s date tally.

    Therefore if Rama’s ancestor has left for Ayodhya from Dravida , it should have been before 5000 BC.

    “Manu had many sons of whom 50 perished quarrelling with one another. Ten sons survived, one of whom was Ikshvaku.

    The Brahma Purana (Chapters 7 and 8) provides details on Manu’s 10 sons and their descendents as follows.”(check the Link below).

     

    This places the time Manu,Satyavrata Manu left Dravida Desa, South India around 5000 BC.

    This is corroborated by the end of The  Second Sangam period by Tsunami.

    That is 9000-3700=5300 BC

     

    If credence is given to the commentary of Irayanar Ahapporul, the beginning of sangam should be placed somewhere in 9000 B.C.

    The second Sangam (iṭaicaṅkam)idaichangam was convened in Kapatapuram. This Sangam lasted for 3700 years and had 59 members, with 3700 poets participating.”

    Citation.

    http://ramanisblog.in/2014/08/09/ramas-ancestor-manu-dravida-bhagavatha-purana/

     

    https://ramanisblog.in/2012/04/05/ramayana-lord-ramas-exile-date-and-other-details/

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Sangams#Sangam_legends

     

    https://ramanisblog.in/2013/05/23/lord-ramas-dynasty-ancestors-descendants-list/

     

    https://ramanisblog.in/2014/12/02/agastya-canopus-validates-sanatan-dharma-tamil-dates/

  • Vikramaditya Date His World Kingdom

    There are quite a number of theories that undermine the History of India by interpolating in the Indian texts,Misinterpreting them deliberately, as Max Mueller had done,honest misinterpretations and deliberate falsehood .

     

    They are.

    1.Sanatana Dharma dates to 5000 BC.

    2.Vedas are non sensical sound bytes.

    3.The Puranas and the Ithihasas are pure fantasy.

    4.Aryans entered from Khyber Pass, invaded India and enriched it.

    5.Dravida Desa, the South of India were peopled by barbarians.

    6.The south indians called Dravidians were constantly engaged at war with the Aryans of the North.

    7.The Arynas were a superior race.

    8.The Sanatana Dharma was resisted and in fact the southerners fought against them, especially the Tamils.

    9.Hindus were primitive and did not have any basic idea of Science.

    10.Denying the existence of great Indian Kings and where it is not possible, assigning them later dates in History.

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    King Vikramaditya’s Empire.

     

    All these are falsehoods to undermine Hinduism and I have posted articles on each of them.

     

    They are filed under Hinduism, Tamils,Astrophysics, Science.

     

    One such mischief is the date of Vikramadiya, whose existence is dismissed as fiction.

     

    Here are the facts about King Vikramaditya and his Kingdom.

     

    “In the Rajatarangini Kalhana mentions that Vikramaditya, the emperor of India, whose capital was Ujjain sent Metrigupta to be the ruler of Kashmir, which was included in the empire of the former…

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    King Vikramadiya efernce in Bhavishya Purana. Click to enlarge.

     

    The above slokas mean to this effect:- “After the completion of three thousand years in Kali (101 B.C.),for the destruction of the Sakas and the propagation of the Aryan Dharma, by the command of Siva, from the abode of the Guhyakas in Kailasa, a personage will be born (to Gandharva Sena, the king of Ujjain). The father gave the child the name of Vikramaditya and rejoiced. Even as an infant he was very wise and gladdned the hearts of the parents. At an early age of five years. he retired to a forest to do penance,. Having spent twelve years in meditation, he achieved spiritual eminence and returned to his city called “Ambavati” or Ujjain. On the eve of his ascending the throne adorned with thirty two golden statues, came a learned Brahmin and he delayed the coronation ceremony with a purpose to teach the king a history consisting of several episodes, wherein the rights and duties of a monarch are enumerated. Then the Brahmin taught the prince all the rights and responsibilities he owed to himself and to his subjects and gave him a befitting and an efficient training worthy of an adventurous Sovereign. Afterwards, in Kali 3020 year or B.C. 82 Vikramaditya was crowned king. Then he expelled the Sakas and drove them as far as Bactria, conquered the whole of Bharata country from Setu to the Himalayas, and received tribute from the feudatory kings…

     

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    Description of Vikramadiya’s Empire in Bhavishya Purana.

    In the west the other bank of the Sindhu River; in the South the Setu; Badarinarayana in the Himalayas formed the North limit and the city of Kapilavastu, the boundary in the East. These were the limits of Vikramaditya’s Empire.

    Another sloka states,
    “By the grace and command of Siva, Gandharvasena’s son, Vikramaditya reigned as Emperor, for hundred years. His son “Devabhakta” after ruling for ten years, was killed in a battle by the cruel Sakas.”(Kali 3130 or 29 A.D.)..

     

    Vikramaditya.

     

    Parthian invaded Sub-Continent in around 55 BC which brought Vikramaditya Vardhan’s Invasion in entire West Asia (Modern Day Middle East).

    The victories of Babylon, Persia, Turks led him again to the Arabia and sounded the hour for attack on Arabia. When he conquered Arabia, he did so to cheers from the Jewish and Arab  Community, who welcomed him as a liberator. He showed great forbearance and respect towards the religious beliefs and cultural traditions of other races. These qualities earned him the respect and homage of all the people over whom he ruled.

    The victory over Arabia expressed all the facets of the policy of conciliation which Vikramaditya had followed until then. He presented himself not as a conqueror, but a liberator and the legitimate successor to the crown. He took the title of “King of Aryavrata and Liberator of the Arabs, Turks and Jews”. Vikramditya had no thought of forcing conquered people into a single mould, and had the wisdom to leave unchanged the institution of each kingdom he attached to the Aryavrata Crown. Vikramaditya was upright, a great leader of men, generous and benevolent.  He spread the Vedic Culture in the land of Arabia. He also reconstructed the temple of Brahma and Mahesh and placed a Jiyotarlinga there. Several other Vedic Temples were made in Babylon, Persia and Turkistan.  For the first time they got a King that cared for the inhabitants of his Empire. Arabs, Kurds and Persians saw him as ‘the annointed of the Lord’.

    After the 4 year of Wars that saw whole west Asia under the belt of Vikramaditya Empire he stayed for a year in Arabia till the Mahadev Temple was not completely reconstructed.

    He built admirable highways, and developed an excellent postal system both of which allowed him to receive rapidly information from his provinces. He accepted Perisans as Aryans and called them as long lost cousins. During the Vikramaditya’s regions persians felt like they felt under the region of Cyrus. He also bulit several monuments in the respect of Chandargupt Maurya and Cyrus. Another project undertaken by Vikramaditya was the royal road, the world’s longest, extending 1,700 miles. Due to an extensive network of relays, postmen could travel the road in six to nine days, whereas normal travel time was three months. The motto of the Vedic postal service became memorable: stopped by neither snow, rain, heat or gloom of night. The US postal service also adopted this motto and the famous Pony Express mail delivery resembled the original Vedic design. Vikramaditya laid the foundation of Vardhan Dynasty. His empire controlled many parts of Modern day China, Entire Middle East and Many Parts of South East Asia. After his death his descendents and Parthians controlled Iran. By 102 AD descendents of Vikramaditya lost control over Iran and Parthians established there empire in Iran and Babylon.

    Citation.

    http://trueindianhistory-kvchelam.blogspot.in/2010/01/date-of-emperor-vikramaditya.html

    http://www.geocities.ws/historyofiran/vedicera.html

    http://ramanisblog.in/2014/07/04/chandra-gupta-megasthanes-never-met-history-faked/

  • World History Timeline By Rigveda

    World History Timeline By Rigveda

    Of late I have been researching into the connection between Tamil and Sanatana Dharma, though I have posted a few articles on the subject earlier.

     

    I have been able to confirm to myself the following.

     

    1.The Tamil, Dravida and the Sanatan Dharma were closely connected and people were interacting with each other.

     

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    Kaala Chakra, world Tie Line by Rig Veda.

     

    2.Historical Characters like Krishna, Sahadeva and Arjuna traveled to the South and Krishna and Arjuna married Dravidian women, had  children through them.

     

    3.The Tamil Kings were held in such high esteem that one of them Udiyan Cheralathan was in charge of feeding both the Kaurava and Pandava Armies during the Mahabharata Battle.

     

    3.Sage Agasthya , who is presumed to have founded the Tamil Language is the same one who wrote the Rig Vedic Hymns 166 to 190.

     

    4.Agasthya crossed the Vindhyas to enter Dravidian Territory.

     

    5.Kumari Kandam is not a figment of Tamil Imagination.

     

    6.Various references about Tamil in the Vedas,Puranas,Ramayana and Mahabharata and by Tamil in Tholkaapiyam,Silappadikaara and Manimekalai about Sanatana Dharma check out.

     

    I have been able to check the dates and events with the help of Astronomical Data found in Tamil and Sanskrit Literature,Vedas, Puranas, Ramayana and Mahabharata.

     

    This has been done with the help of Star Canopus, called Agasthya, mentioned in Tamil Classics and Sanskrit.

     

    I wanted to cross verify this with the help of references found on Time in the Rig Veda.

     

    Rig Veda , the earliest literature known to Man speaks of Time as a Wheel, thereby denoting that Time is Cyclic.

     

    I have posted a detailed article on ‘Time, Non-Linear, Cyclic’

     

    rvs.1.164.2:-
    RV_1,164.02a sapta yuñjanti ratham ekacakram eko aśvo vahati saptanāmā |
    RV_1,164.02c trinābhi cakram ajaram anarvaṃ yatremā viśvā bhuvanādhi tasthuḥ ||

    Seven {sapta} are yoked {yuñjanti} to the Chariot {ratham} with a single-wheel {ekacakram} and a single horse {eko aśvo} with seven people (seven names) {saptanāmā} inside it. The wheel has three navels {trinābhi}. It is ageless {ajaram} and un-decaying {anarvam}. On it are staying {tasthuh} all the beings of the world {viśvā bhuvanādhi}.

    The seven yoked entities mentioned here represents the seven days of the week constituting the first quarter of a fortnight. It is also represented in Epics and Puranas as the seven horses of the Chariot of Surya (the Sun) alluding to the seven rays of the sun (seven colors in sunlight). The seven people who rides the chariot could be an indirect references to the Seven Sages (Saptarshis). The Chariot here represent the Sun whose apparent motion in Earth’s sky is what facilitates the time measurements done using the wheel of time. The Chariot could also represents the constellation of the seven stars (Big Dipper;- Saptarshi constellation) which also helps to measure long units of time.

    The ‘navel’ of the wheel mentioned here represents ‘gear’. Thus the wheel is envisaged as a machinery with three gears to change the three levels of time measurement using the same wheel of time viz. 1) hours in the day, 2) months and seasons in the year and 3) twelve zodiacal ages and four (or eight) Yugas in the Great Year (axial precession period, 25,776 years). The beings of the world depends on this wheel since the daily, yearly and precessional changes in the time indicated by this wheel of time affect all beings.

     

    rvs.1.164.3:-
    RV_1,164.03a imaṃ ratham adhi ye sapta tasthuḥ saptacakraṃ sapta vahanty aśvāḥ |
    RV_1,164.03c sapta svasāro abhi saṃ navante yatra gavāṃ nihitā sapta nāma ||

    In this Chariot {ratham}, resides {tasthuh} the seven {sapta}. It has seven-wheels {saptachakram} and is driven by seven horses {sapta vahanty aśvāḥ}. The Seven sisters { sapta svasāro} praises the Cow {gavāṃ} and the seven people (seven names) {sapta nāma}.

    This verse again describes the Seven Sages (Seven Names) residing in the Chariot (the Sun) this time mentioned as having seven horses (like in Epics and Puranas) and as having seven wheels. The Seven Sisters represent river Sarasvati and the nearby rivers and is a theme repeated in Vedas. The Cow represents the Year. The significance of seven wheels is unknown. It could mean the seven zodiacal ages that had elapsed during the composition of this hymn.

     

    rvs.1.164.11:-
    RV_1,164.11a dvādaśāraṃ nahi taj jarāya varvarti cakram pari dyām ṛtasya |
    RV_1,164.11c ā putrā agne mithunāso atra sapta śatāni viṃśatiś ca tasthuḥ ||by length of time,

    By Universal-Order {ṛtasya} this wheel {cakram} of time having twelve-spokes {dvādaśāraṃ} revolves {varvarti} in the sky {dyām}, without ever weakening or aging {nahi taj jarāya}. O Agni {agne}, On it stays, in pairs {mithunāso}, 720 sons {putrā}.

    The word Rta, means Universal Order, Universal Law, the Laws of Physics or the Laws of Cosmology. Here the wheel is mentioned as having twelve spokes, to measure out twelve months in a year and twelve ages in a Great Year (25,776 years). The strange number 720 mentioned here as number of sons attached to the wheel is interesting. As per Graham Hancock this could mean the 72 years taken by the wheel to move 1 degrees (71.6 approximated as 72). However 720 is also twice 360. The meaning here thus represent 720 spokes which are paired, each spoke representing 1/2 degree (36 years) and a pair of spokes representing 1 degree (72 years).

    Similarly in a human lineage, if 720 sons are born at an interval of 36 years (ie father begets a sun at his 36th age, on an average) then the total duration would be 720 x 36 = 25920 years, very close to the precession period of 25,776 yeas. Due to this simplicity, the number 72, its half 36 and its half 18 with or without zeros are frequently found in the Vedas, Epics and Puranas. Similarly the multiples of 72 like 144, 216, 432 with or without zeros too are found. Besides 36 + 72 = 108 is a very special number in ancient Indian traditions.

    The number of Parvas in Mahabharata is 18; number of days Kurukshetra War is fought is 18. The time gap between Kurukshetra War and submergence of Dwaraka is 36. Duration of ChaturYuga mentioned in Shanti Parva of Mahabharata is 4,320,000.

     

    rvs.1.164.48:-
    RV_1,164.48a dvādaśa pradhayaś cakram ekaṃ trīṇi nabhyāni ka u tac ciketa |
    RV_1,164.48c tasmin sākaṃ triśatā na śaṅkavo ‘rpitāḥ ṣaṣṭir na calācalāsaḥ ||

    Twelve {dvādaśa} are the major-spokes {pradhayaś}, and the wheel {cakram} is single {ekaṃ}; three {trīṇi} are the naves {nabhyā}. Who hath understood it {ka u tac ciketa}?
    On it are set together 360 spokes, which cannot be loosened {na calācalāsaḥ}.

    Here the Wheel of Time with 12 spokes to define 12 zodiac signs is mentioned as having 360 sub-spokes for measuring each each day of the year and each degree of movement of Vernal Equinox in every 72 years. It is mentioned as having three naves (gears of modes of operation, to measure hours in a day, months in a year and zodiacal ages in a Great Year). The verse generate curiosity in the mind of reader or reciter asking if they have any understanding of it.

    Rig Veda also mentions frequently about the Cow and the Calf when it discusses about the wheel of time. Cow represent a year and Calf the residual time that is left which needs adding of few days after the expiry of few years to correct the calender. This residue is a by product of approximation of the year as 360 days, 365 days, 365.25 days or as 365.2522 days. Hence the year is rightly called the Cow and the residue the Calf.

    Eg:- RV_1,164.05c (the yearling Calf {vatsa}); RV_1,164.09c the Calf {vatsa} lowed, and looked upon the Mother, the Cow.

     

    References of the Wheel of Time in Mahabharata are subsequent to those found in the Vedas. They often supplement the references in the Vedas and increase their clarity.

    Mbh.1.3

    Three hundred and sixty cows represented by three hundred and sixty days produce one calf between them which is the year. That calf is the creator and destroyer of all. Seekers of truth following different routes, draw the milk of true knowledge with its help. Ye Aswins, ye are the creators of that calf!

    The 360 cows thus represents 360 degrees and erroneously to 360 days in a year. The calf represent the residual time to complete one year. The residue in case of 360 days will be 5 days, in case of 365 days will be 1/4 day, in case of 365.25 days will be 11 minutes and so on and this chase will lead one to the secret knowledge about the precession of equinox and the wheel of time.

     

    The History of World as known with the help of Rig Veda has been provided in this post at the Top.

     

    Citation.

    http://ancientvoice.wikidot.com/article:kalachakra-2