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  • Shiva Family Member Pandya King 3 BC Led Elephants Mahabharata

    The study of the epigraph found in Tamil Nadu give out a mine of information , not only of the Tamil Kings,Tamil Culture, but of the Sanatana dharma itself.

    One of the oldest epigraphy found at Chinnamanur, Tamil Nadu , the epigraph speak of the deeds of the early Pandya Kings.

    These Kings ruled between thrid Century BC to 1345.

    They refer to the Pandyan Kings s having descended from the Lunar Dynasty.

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    Chinnamanur Pplates, Tamil Nadu speaks of Tamil kings and Sanatana Dharma.

    * The image states , in Tamil, that the Pandya Kings /Poets conclave Tamil Sangam had established a separate shrine for the Poets in Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple and the Mahabharata was translated in Tamil

    They had two fishes as their emblem.

    Of fighting with Indra,

    Sage Agastya as their family Preceptor.

    Lord Shiva ss their Family member,

    Defeating Arjuna,

    These copper plates are in two languages.

    A Portion in Grantha Sanskrit and another Tamil’s earlier form Vattezuthu.

    Brahmi script is also found.

    ‘These are two of the four sets of Pandya copper plate grants discovered so far and are herein published for the first time.  The Velvikudi grant of Parantaka Nedunjadaiyan has been edited by me in the Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XVII, pp. 291 to 309 and the Madras Museum Plates of Jatilavarman, by the late Rai Bahadur V. Venkayya in the Indian Antiquary, Vol. XXII, pp. 57 to 75.  These four, studied together, furnish a genealogy of the Pandyas from the early king Kadungon, who is said to have flourished at the close of the first Sangam of Tamil poets, down to Rajasimha-Pandya the contemporary of the Chola king Parantaka I, who reigned at the commencement of the 10th century A.D.

    One of the Pandya kings is said to have occupied the throne of Indra (v. 4) and another to have shared it with that god, and still another, to have caused the Ten-Headed (i.e., Ravana of Lanka) to sue for peace (v. 5).  One was a conqueror of the epic hero Arjuna (v. 7).  Verse 8 refers to a king who cut off his own head in order to protect that of his master and also to a certain Sundara-Pandya who had mastered all the sciences.  Many kings of this family had performed Vedic sacrifices Rajasuya andAsvamedha (v. 9)….

    The Tamil portion which begins with line 76 also praises the Pandya kings who belonged to the lunar race and bore the crest of the double fish, had Agastya as their family preceptor and counted the god (Siva) as one of the their family members.

    Other deeds.

    (1) churning the ocean for nectar ;

    (2) bathing in the waters of the four oceans in a single day ;

    (3) going round the earth ;

    (4) sending embassy to the gods on many occasions;

    (5) taking away the necklace of Pakasasana (Indra) ;

    (6) mastering the Tamil language of the south ;

    (7) driving away the sea by throwing a javelin ;

    (8) giving a thousand golden hills (Meru) in charity ;

    (9) founding the town of Madura and erecting a wall round it ;

    (10) studying Tamil and Sanskrit (vada-moli) as even to excel Pandits ;

    (11) leading elephants in the Bharata war against the Maharathas ;

    (12) relieving Vijaya (Arjuna) from the curse of vasu ;..

    13) engraving the victorious symbols of the fish, the tiger, and the bow on the top of the Northern mountain, i.e., the Himalayas ;

    (14) getting huge giants to work for them in building many tanks ;

    (15) cutting off the heads of two kings in the battles fought at Chitramayari and Talaiyalanganam ;

    (16) getting the Mahabharata translated into Tamil ; and

    (17) establishing the Tamil Sangam in the town of Madurai.

    Reference.

    http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_3/copper_plates_at_tirukkalar.html

    The three Pandya kings Perumbidugu Muttaraiyan alias Kuvavan Maran, his son Ilangovadiyaraiyan alias Maran Paramesvaran, and his son Perumbidugu Muttaraiyan alias Suvaran Maran mentioned in the Sendalai pillar inscriptions of about the 8th century A.D. do not appear in this genealogy.  Theyevidently belonged to a subordinate branch of the family and were perhaps kings of the southern Tanjai country, ruling almost independently of the imperial Pandyas at Madras and sometimes fighting with them.  See Ep. Ind., Vol. XIII, pp. 136 and 137.

    [2]  Spelt Chinnamanur in the Alphabetical list of villages  in the Madras Presidency.

    [3]  Ep. Ind., Vol. VIII, p. 317 f.

    [4]  See Ind. Ant., Vol. XXII, p. 59 and foot-note 4.

    [5]  The Tamil portion gives many more of such attributes to the Pandya ancestors; see below p. 443.

    [6]  Valmiki-Ramayana, Uttarakanda, chapter 34.

    [7]  Valmiki-Ramayana, Uttarakanda, chapter 34.

    [8]  Dr. Krishnaswami Ayyangar suggest, however, that Vilveli here may probably be synonymous with Pallava, since Tirumangai-alvar in his Periya-Tirumoli makes Villagan synonymous with Pallava.  But it must be noted that Vilveli is different from Villavan.

    [9]  Ep. Ind., Vol. XVII, pp.  298 and 295.

  • Krishna In Iraq Iran Israel Kishon River

    The Yadava Clan,  twenty-two in number,after the Mahabharata War, migrated towards Iran and spread to Iraq and move on to Israel before proceeding further.

    In the Iranian city of Susa of Parthian period(247 BC -224 AD) was found a statue of Lord Krishna.

    Krishna Bust excavated from the ancient city of Susa,Iran.Image.jpg
    Krishna Bust excavated from the ancient city of Susa, Iran Hair style with Feathers and Angavstra s seen.

    As to the word Parthian, one of the name of Arjuna is Partha and Krishna is also known as Parthasarathy.

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    Krishna as Balakrishna.

     

    The above one is from Iraq, where a stamp was issued to celebrate the Mosul spring Festival.

     

    In Israel there is a River Kishon.

    ‘The Kishon River (Hebrew: נחל הקישון‎, Nachal HaKishon; Arabic: نهر المقطع‎, Nahr el-Mokatta,[1][2] or Mukutta’,[3] – the river of slaughteror dismemberment; Alternative Arabic, الكيشون al-Qisun) is a river in Israel that flows into the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Haifa.-wiki

    And there is a Town called as Bal Gad.

    A place in ancient Israel, Baal-Gad was a Canaanite town in the valley of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon, near the source of Jordan River. (Josh. 13:5; 11:17; 12:7) It was the most northern point to which Joshua’s conquests extended. It probably derived its name from the worship of Baal. Its exact location is uncertain, but it is generally considered to be Hasbaya in Wadi et-Teim or a site nearby.-wiki

    Easton’s suggests that its modern representative is Banias. Some have supposed it to be the same as Baalbek. Others have suggested that it is the same location as Baal-hamon

    The Canaanite God Thunder is Baal.

    Krishna as a Child is worshiped as Balakrishna.

    See the Image.

    Is this Krishna with calf?

    And Krishna is called fondly as Kanhaiya in the North.

    Is this Canaan”

    Prof. P. N. Oak has argued that Baal is none other than Baleshwara or Sri Krishna and that the Canans were the people of Kanha or Sri Krishna.

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    Krishna with Calf.

     

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    The Canan-ite God Baal with his Calf.

     

  • Tamil Chola Kings Descendants of Manu Rama

    Tamil Chola Kings Descendants of Manu Rama

    If there is one One culture ,One advanced civilization that matches the Sanatana Dharma, it is the Tamil Culture, Literature .

     

    It has been in existence for such a long period that the Vedas and Puranas quote Tamil language,Culture,Spices,Pearls,Elephant Tusks, Tamil Scholars.

     

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    Chola Dyansty Time Line.

     

    Valmiki has written a Tamil Classic,Vanmikar Arupthu,Vlmiki’s Sixty, a work dealing with practical life and Philosophy.

     

    Ramayana describes the princes from Tail Kingdom being present in Sita’s Swamvar.

     

    Mahabharata speaks similarly on Draupadi’s Swayamvar.

     

    Chera King Udiyan Chralathan fed both the Panadava and kaurava Armies during the Mahabharata War.

     

    The Pandya King fought along with the Pandavas as the Pandya Princess was married to Arjuna.

     

    Krishna  married a Pandyan Princess,Pandyah, Megasthanes says and had a daughter through her.

     

    Arjuna married a Pandya Princess and had a son Babruvahana, who was the only person who killed Arjuna,that Arjuna was revived is another matter.

     

    In its turn Tamil quotes extensively the Vedas.

     

    A King Sibi was the ancestor of Rama.

     

    There are numerous references  that speak of the close relationship of the South Dravida with the Sanatana Dharma.

     

    I have posted extensively on this in posts where it is warranted(Under Hinduism/Tamils)

     

    I have posted an article, based on archeological, geographical evidence that Lord Rama’s ancestor Vaivaswatha Manu migrated from the South to Ayodhya to found  his kingdom.

     

    Shiva with his son Ganesha left by the Arabian sea towards the middle east.

     

    Now let us consider the following .

     

    Tamil People settlement dates back to Palaeolithic Age.

     

    That is Prehistoric Age, 1,510,000 BCE until around 3000 BCE.

     

    A discovery of a rare fossilized baby brain in Viluppuram district, by a team of archeologists was reported in April 2003, It is estimated to be about 187,000 years – 200,000 years or older.

    Then came the Neolithic and Iron Ages.

     

    Considering the fact that Sibi and manu Needi were Cholas and are quoted by extensively by Puranas and Tamil Literature, there is definitely a possibility that the Cholas descended from the  Solar Dynasty.

     

    Cross checking with the Thirvalangadu Copperplate, the Dynasty of the Tamil Kings are traced back to Solar Dynasty.

     

    Genealogy from the Chola Inscriptions.

     

    • Manu
    • Ikshvaku
    • Vikukshi
    • Puranjaya
    • Kakutstha
    • Kakshivat
    • Aryaman
    • Analapratapa
    • Vena
    • Prithu
    • Dhundhumara
    • Yuvanasva
    • Mandhatri
    • Muchukunda
    • Valabha
    • Prithulaksha
    • Parthivachudamani
    • Dirghabahu
    • Chandrajit
    • Sankriti
    • Panchapa
    • Satyavrata
    • Rudrajit
    • Sibi
    • Marutta
    • Dushyanta
    • Bharata
    • Cholavarman
    • Rajakesarivarman
    • Parakesarin
    • Chitraratha
    • Chitrasva
    • Chitradhanvan
    • Suraguru (Mrityujit)
    • Chitraratha
    • Vyaghraketu
    • Narendrapati
    • Vasu (Uparichara)
    • Visvajit
    • Perunatkilli
    • Karikala
    • Kochchengannan

    Genealogy from the Purana Timeline.

     

    • Eri Oliyan Vaendhi C. 3020 BCE
    • Maandhuvaazhi C. 2980 BCE
    • El Mei Nannan C. 2945 BCE
    • Keezhai Kinjuvan C. 2995 BCE
    • Vazhisai Nannan C. 2865 BCE
    • Mei Kiyagusi Aerru C. 2820 BCE
    • Aai Kuzhi Agusi Aerru C. 2810 BCE
    • Thizhagan Maandhi C. 2800 BCE
    • Maandhi Vaelan C. 2770 BCE
    • Aai Adumban C. 2725 BCE
    • Aai Nedun jaet chozha thagaiyan C. 2710 BCE
    • El Mei Agguvan a.k.a. Keezh nedu mannan C. 2680 BCE
    • Mudiko Mei Kaalaiyam Thagaiyan C. 2650 BCE
    • Ilangok keezh kaalaiyan thagaiyan a.k.a. Ilangeezh nannan C. 2645 BCE -start of Kadamba lineage by his brother Aai Keezh Nannan
    • Kaalaiyan gudingyan C. 2630 BCE
    • Nedun gaalayan dhagayan C. 2615 BCE
    • Vaengai nedu vael varaiyan C.2614 BCE
    • Vaet kaal kudingyan C. 2600 BCE
    • Maei Ila vael varaiyan C. 2590 BCE
    • Sibi Vendhi C. 2580 BCE
    • Paru nonji chaamazhingyan C. 2535 BCE
    • Vaeqratrtri chembiya chozhan C. 2525 BCE
    • Saamazhi chozhiya vaelaan C. 2515 BCE
    • Uthi ven gaalai thagan C. 2495 BCE
    • Nannan that kaalai thagan C. 2475 BCE
    • Vel vaen mindi C. 2445 BCE
    • Nedun jembiyan C. 2415 BCE
    • Nedu nonji Vendhi C. 2375 BCE
    • Maei Vael paqratrtri C. 2330 BCE
    • Aai Perun thoan nonji C. 2315 BCE
    • Kudiko pungi C. 2275 BCE
    • Perun goep poguvan C. 2250 BCE
    • Koeth thatrtri C. 2195 BCE
    • Vadi sembiyan C. 2160 BCE
    • Aalam poguvan C. 2110 BCE
    • Nedun jembiyan C. 2085 BCE
    • Perum paeyar poguvan C. 2056 BCE
    • Kadun jembiyan C. 2033 BCE
    • Nedun kathan C. 2015 BCE
    • Paru nakkan C. 1960 BCE
    • Vani sembiyan C. 1927 BCE
    • Udha chira mondhuvan C. 1902 BCE
    • Perun kaththan C. 1875 BCE
    • Kadun kandhalan C. 1860 BCE
    • Nakka monjuvan C. 1799 BCE
    • Maarko vael Maandhuvan Aaththikko C. 1786 BCE
    • Musukunthan Vaendhi C. 1753 BCE
    • Peru nakkan Thatrtri C. 1723 BCE
    • Vaer kaththan C. 1703 BCE
    • Ambalaththu Irumundruvan C. 1682 BCE
    • Kaari mondhuvan C. 1640 BCE
    • Vennakkan Thatrtri C. 1615 BCE
    • Maarko chunthuvan C. 1565 BCE
    • Vaer parunthoan mundruvan C. 1520 BCE
    • Udhan kaththan C. 1455 BCE
    • Kaariko sunthuvan C. 1440 BCE
    • Vendri nungunan C. 1396 BCE
    • Mondhuvan Vendhi C. 1376 BCE
    • Kaandhaman C. 1359 BCE
    • Mundruvan Vendhi C. 1337 BCE
    • Kaandhaman C. 1297 BCE
    • Monjuvan Vendhi C. 1276 BCE
    • Ani sembiyan C. 1259 BCE
    • Nungunan Vendhi C. 1245 BCE
    • Maarkop perum Cenni C. 1229 BCE
    • Monjuvan Nanvendhi C. 1180 BCE
    • Kop perunar chenni C. 1170 BCE
    • Monthuvan jembiyan C. 1145 BCE
    • Narchenni C. 1105 BCE
    • Caet chembiyan C. 1095 BCE
    • Nakkar chenni C. 1060 BCE
    • Parun jembiyan C.1045 BCE
    • Venjenni C. 998 BCE
    • Musugunthan C. 989 BCE
    • Maarkop perun jembiyan C. 960 BCE
    • Nedunjenni C.935 BCE
    • Thatchembiyan C. 915 BCE
    • Ambalaththu iruvaer chembiyan C. 895 BCE
    • Kaariko chenni C. 865 BCE
    • Venvaer chenni C. 830 BCE
    • Kaandhaman, C. 788 BCE
    • Kaandhalan C. 721 BCE
    • Caetchenni C. 698 BCE
    • Vani nungunan C. 680 BCE
    • Mudhu sembiyan Vendhi C. 640 BCE
    • Peelan jembiyach chozhiyan C. 615 BCE
    • Maeyan gadungo C. 590 BCE
    • Thiththan C. 570 BCE
    • Perunar killi Porvaiko C. 515 BCE
    • Kadu mundruvan C. 496 BCE
    • Kopperunjozhan C. 495 BCE
    • Narkilli Mudiththalai C. 480 BCE
    • Thevvan go chozhan C. 465 BCE
    • Naran jembiyan C. 455 BCE
    • Nakkam peela valavan C. 440 BCE
    • Iniyan thevvan jenni C. 410 BCE
    • Varcembiyan C. 395BCE
    • Nedun jembiyan C. 386 BCE
    • Nakkan aran jozhan C. 345 BCE
    • Ambalathu irungoch chenni C. 330 BCE
    • Perunar killi C. 316 BCE
    • Kochaet Cenni C. 286 BCE
    • Cerupazhi Erinda Ilanjaetcenni, C. 275 BCE
    • Nedungop perunkilli C. 220 BCE
    • Cenni Ellagan C. 205 BCE
    • Perun gilli C. 165 BCE
    • Kopperun jozhiyav ilanjaetcenni C. 140 BCE
    • Perunar killi Mudiththalai ko C. 120 BCE
    • PerumpootCenni C. 100 BCE
    • Ilam perunjenni C. 100 BCE
    • Perungilli Vendhi aka Karikaalan I C. 70 BCE
    • Nedumudi Killi C. 35 BCE
    • Ilavanthigaipalli Thunjiya Maei Nalangilli Caet Cenni, C. 20 BCE
    • Aai Vaenalangilli C. 15 BCE
    • Uruvapakraer Ilanjaetcenni, C. 10 – 16 CE
    • 16 CE – 30 CE Kingdom ruled by a series of Uraiyur chieftains
    • Karikaalan II Peruvalaththaan, C. 31 CE
    • Vaer paqradakkai Perunar killi, C. 99 CE
    • Perun thiru mavalavan, Kuraapalli Thunjiya C. 99 CE
    • Nalangilli C. 111 CE
    • Perunarkilli, Kula mutrtraththu Thunjiya C. 120 CE
    • Perunarkilli, Irasasuya vaetta C. 143 CE
    • Vael kadunkilli C. 192 CE
    • Kochenganaan C. 220 CE
    • Nalluruththiran C. 245 CE

    Many scholars dispute this despite evidence from from the Puranas and Chola Inscriptions.

     

    Purana evidence is disputed despite the fact the geographical features mentioned in them, Kings reign tally with other verified facts and accredited by archeology.

     

    Chola inscription are also not due credence because it happens to be excavated mostly by Indians and it does not agree with the concocted story of Aryan Invasion Theory.

     

    What a scholarship!

     

    The fact that Ramas’ ancestor was from the South, the Floods mentioned in the Tamil Classics tally with this event, I am of the opinion that the Cholas descended from te common parentage of Lord Rama.

     

    One group migrated to North, another towards  the Middle-east and yet another survived and stayed back in the south.

     

    * I will be tracing the Pandya and Chra Dynasty as well.

     

    Citations.

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  • Appropriate Bhagavad Gita Verse In Egyptian Pyramid

    Appropriate Bhagavad Gita Verse In Egyptian Pyramid

    I have been exploring the spread of Sanatana Dharma throughout the world.

    Inside The Pyramid.

    This, I have approached from,

    1.Presence of Hindu Gods,Goddesses in the countries of the world.

    2.Cultural similarities between Sanatana Dharma and the various countries.

    3.Legends ,Religious practices of the countries.

    4.Literary works.

    5.Archeological evidence indicating the presence of Sanatana Dharma.

    6.Linguistic affiliation between Sanskrit,Tamil,Brahmi scripts and the local languages.

    7.Travelers chronicles.

    8.Cross referencing world literature, Religious quotes.

    9.Geographical descriptions.

    I have posted articles on the existence of Sanatana Dharma in

    Vietnam,

    Indonesia,

    Sri Lanka,

    Thailand,

    Cambodia,

    Japan,

    Polynesian group of Islands,

    Australia,

    Antarctica,

    Burma,

    Russia,

    China,

    Russia,

    Iran,

    Iraq,

    Middle east,

    Italy,

    Bulgaria,

    Spain,

    France,

    England,

    Norway and Sweden,

    Egypt,

    Peru,

    Mexico,

    Arctic.

    Now there is evidence that the Egyptians were aware of the Bhagavad Gita.

    In one of the Pyramids, dating back to 3000 BC, a verse, from the second chapter of the Bhagavad Gita was found inscribed.

    Here it is:

    vasanvsi jeernani yatha vihaya, navani
    ghrunnati naro parani

    – Nava Bharat Times, 18-4-1967

    # During my visit to UK in April 2019, I visited the Museum to check the information contained in this article.

    I was informed by the curator that the artifact was returned to the private collector.

    The curator informed me that he could not divulge information about the collector.

    In Leeds Musuem, I saw a Third Century BC Vishnu Panchaloka Idol.

    The curator was reluctant to share additional information except the date.

    I received information as comment from a reader as to where the tomb is.

    The comment.

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    Mr. Ramani,
    Its Pyramid 2 in Egypt but the tablet was immediately taken to British Museum and no photographs can be found online)

    This verse is from The Bhagavd Gita Chapter 2,verse 22.

    The text and translation.

    vasamsi jirnani yatha vihaya
    navani grhnati naro ‘parani
    tatha sarirani vihaya jirnany
    anyani samyati navani dehi

    vasamsi–garments; jirnani–old and worn out; yatha–as it is; vihaya–giving up; navani–new garments; grhnati–does accept; narah–a man; aparani–other; tatha–in the same way; sarirani–bodies; vihaya–giving up; jirnani–old and useless; anyani–different; samyati–verily accepts; navani–new sets; dehi–the embodied.

    As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, similarly, the soul accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.

    How appropriate for a Burial Tomb!

    Citations.

    Gita Pyramid news source .image
    Bhagavad Gita Pyramid screenshot from the source

    http://www.oocities.org/siliconvalley/screen/3299/history/epi_frame.htm

    Please click the :Setting Timeline’ in the Menu of the above Link for Pyramid information

    http://www.asitis.com/2/22.html

    For more on  Egypt and Vedic Civilization

    Check the  link.

    http://m.beforeitsnews.com/travel/2015/10/egypt-and-the-vedic-civilzation-2475726.html

    * I am trying to find the exact location of the Pyramid.

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  • 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.

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