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  • Manvantara Kalpa Avatars Vishnu Six Classifications

    Manvantara Kalpa Avatars Vishnu Six Classifications

    Avatar in Sanskrit means coming down.

    However this does not convey the full import of the term.

    This term denotes the manifestation of the Divine with Form.

    Vedas,the authority of Hindus do not speak of Personal God’s.

    Reality called Brahman is beyond Attributes.

    However, considering the fact that human nature is limited and it is difficult to meditate on the abstract,the concept of Personal God came in.

    It was first coined by Patanjali as Iswara under the category of Iswara Pranidhana.

    However, Puranas speak of Avatars of the Godhood.

    There are avatars of Gods.

    Of the Trinity of Hinduism,Brahma ,Vishnu and Rudra/Shiva.

    We have Avatars of Ganesha,Subrahmaya as well.

    In the case of Vishnu and Brahma they are portrayed as being born of womb.

    Shiva Avatars do not seem to have this attribute.

    Shiva Avatars seem to occur in a flash and disappear as evidenced in the Shiva Avatars as described in the Thiruvilayadal Purana in Tamil.

    This does not seem to be reflected in North Indian texts.

    Some of Shiva Avatars mentioned in Thiruvilayadal Purana,are mentioned in Linga,Shiva Puranas.

    In the case of Vishnu,there are different classification of the Avatars.

    People generally speak of the ten Avatars of Vishnu.

    Matsya, Korma,Varaha,

    Narasimha,Vamana, Parashurama,

    Rama,Krishna,Balarama and Kalki.

    Of these the first five happened during Krutha)Satya Yuga,

    Rama and Parashurama in Treta Yuga
    Krishna and Balarama in Dwapara Yuga.

    And Kalki is yet to manifest towards the end of the present time scale Kali Yuga.

    Parashurama seems to be present Dwapara,and even in Kaliyuga as he is a Chiranjeevi, Immortal.

    To understand this one has to understand the Hindu Time Scale.

    Time, according to Hindus,is cyclic and not linear.

    That is Time recoils on itself.

    We have the same time scale appearing again and again.

    For details please refer my articles on Time, Cyclic.

    The time scales are,

    Manvantara,

    Kalpa and Yuga.

    Based on this concept there are two two classifications of the Avatars of Lord Vishnu.

    Manvantara Avatars and Kalpa Avatars.

    Manvantara Avatars are,

    Brahma’s day – 1,000 catur yugas – is divided into fourteen periods of the rule of Manus (fathers of mankind) known as manvantaras. The incarnations during these manvantaras are listed as follows:

    Yajna
    Vibhu
    Satyasena
    Hari
    Vaikuntha
    Ajita
    Sarvabhauma
    Rsabha
    Visvaksena
    Dharma
    Sudhama
    Yogesvara
    Brhadbhanu.

    2.Kapla/Yuga Avatars of Vishnu.

    Four yugas ( Ages ) which come in cycles:
    Satya yuga, lasting 1,728,000 years
    Treta yuga, lasting 1,296,000 years
    Dwapara yuga, lasting 864,000 years
    Kali yuga, lasting 432,000 years

    In each of these yugas the Lord incarnates with a different body color according to the yuga.

    asan varnas trayo hy asya
    grhnato ‘nuyugam tanuh
    suklo raktas tatha pita
    idanim krishnatam gatah

    “Krishna appears as an incarnation in every millennium. In the past, He assumed three different colors – white, red and yellow – and now he has appeared in a blackish color.”
    – Srimad Bhagavatam 10.8.13

    In the Satya yuga a white avatara appeared to Kardama muni to establish meditation as the process for self-realization.

    In the Treta yuga a red avatara appeared to Brahma to establish fire sacrifice as the process for self-realization.

    In the Dvapara yuga a dark avatara (Krishna) appeared as the son of Devaki to establish temple worship as the process for self-realization.

    In the Kali yuga a Yellow avatara appeared (Chaitanya Mahaprabhu) as the son of Sachi Mata to establish the chanting of the holy names (nama-sankirtana) as the process for self.

    3.Purusha Avatars of Vihsnu.

    Krishna first incarnates as the three purusha avataras namely:
    Karanodakashayi Vishnu – “The Lord who is lying on the causal ocean”.
    Garbhodakashayi Vishnu – “The Lord who is lying on the universal ocean”.
    Kshirodakashayi Vishnu – “The Lord who is lying on the ocean of milk”.

    In addition,Gaudiya Sampradaya of Vaishnavam lists three more.

    4.Kumaras
    Narada
    Varaha
    Matsya
    Yajna
    Nara-Narayana
    Kardami
    Dattatreya
    Hayasirsa
    Hamsa
    Dhruvapriya or Prsniggarbha
    Rsabha
    Prthu
    Nrsmha
    Kurma
    Dhanvantari
    Mohini
    Vamana
    Bhargava Parasurama
    Ramachandra
    Vyasa
    Prlambhari Balarama
    Krishna
    Buddha
    Kalki

    5.Guna Avatars based on Samkya concept of Disposition s,Gunas

    Vishnu assumes this guna avatar post. Sattvik Guna = Mode of goodness = Maintanence
    Brahma Rajik Guna = Mode of passion = Creation
    Siva Tamas Guna = Mode of ignorence = Destructiion

    6.

    Shaktyavesha avataras: – Empowered Incarnations

    There is no limit to the number of shaktyavesha incarnations. But some are mentioned in the vedic literatures as examples. They are of two kinds, direct and indirect.

    When the Lord Himself expands displaying a particular power of His opulences He is known as Sakshat.

    When He empowers a living entity with some particular sakti – power, for some specific activity, to represent Him , that living entity is called indirect or avesha incarnation.

    Avesha incarnations:

    Four Kumaras empowered with knowledge.
    Narada empowered with devotional service.
    Brahma empowered with creative power.
    King Pritu empowered with power to maintain living beings.
    Parasurama empowered with power to kill evil elements.
    VedaVyasa to compile the vedas.

    Source.

    https://iskcondesiretree.com/page/six-categories-of-avatars

    Of these Purusha Avatars explain Universal Time Scale so are the Kalpa Avatars.

    You may note the Avatars under the categories overlap.

    This is because of our classification.

    I shall write on each classification and their philosophical implications.

    In addition,we have Archavatara mentioned in Southern Tradition.

    ##My observations are in italics.

  • Shiva Thiruvannamalai At The Instant Of Earth’s Creation By Brahma

    Shiva Thiruvannamalai At The Instant Of Earth’s Creation By Brahma

    The Puranas speak of Time on a Huge scale.

    There are four Yugas and they are created, destroyed and recreated.

    According to Hinduism, destruction is a misnomer.

    It is hidden.

    Curious enough modern Quantum Physics calls it in a different way as projection of Multi Verses.

    Aarati to Tirupati Balaji Moolavar.jpg
    Aarati to Tirupati Balaji Moolavar.

    I have written a couple of articles on Multi verses in Hinduism.

    The Time scale of Sanatana Dharma has the following points.

    1. The Universe is created, hidden and re projected.
    2. This happens at three-time frames called  Manvantara, Kalpa and Yuga.
    3. Three kinds of cataclysms take place.One is water, Another by Fire and another is total darkness each of these correspond to the dissolution at the end of Manvantara, Kalpa and yuga.
    4. The Universe is eternal.
    5. Time is eternal.
    6. Time is non linear.
    7. Time is Cyclic.
    Arunachala Mountaion, Pre historic.jpg
    Arunachala Mountaion, Pre historic.

    Brahma’s day is divided in one thousand cycles (Maha Yuga, or the Great Year). Maha Yuga, during which life, including the human race appears and then disappears, has 71 divisions, each made of 14 Manvantara (1000) years. Each Maha Yuga lasts for 4,320,000 years.

    Manvantara is Manu’s cycle, the one who gives birth and governs the human race. before & after each manvantara there’s a sandhikal as long as krutyuga & in that time there is all water on earth.

    Each Maha Yuga consists of a series of four shorter yugas, or ages.

    The yugas get progressively worse from a moral point of view as one proceeds from one yuga to another. As a result, each yuga is of shorter duration than the age that preceded it.

    The current Kali Yuga (Iron Age) began at midnight 17 February / 18 February in 3102 BC in the proleptic Julian calendar (Year 6898 of the Holocene Era.) kalpa=ahoratra of brahma. Space and time are considered to be maya (illusion). What looks like 100 years in the cosmos of Brahma could be thousands of years in other worlds, millions of years in some other worlds and 311 trillion and 40 billion years for our solar system and earth. The life span of Lord Brahma, the creator, is 100 ‘Brahma-Years’.

    One day in the life of Brahma is called a Kalpa or 4.32 billion years.Every Kalpa creates 14 Manus one after the other, who in turn manifest and regulate this world. Thus, there are fourteen generations of Manu in each Kalpa. Each Manu’s life (Manvantara) consists of 71 Chaturyugas (quartets of Yugas or eras). Each Chaturyugais composed of four eras or Yugas: Satya, Treta, Dwapara and Kali. if we add all manvantaras(4320000x71x14)as long as 4 chaturyuga will be missing its because sandhikaal.after & before each manvantara so 15 sandhikaal The span of the Satya Yuga is 1,728,000 human years, Treta Yuga is 1,296,000 human years long, the Dwapara Yuga 864,000 human years and the Kali Yuga432,000 human years.[8] When Manu perishes at the end of his life, Brahma creates the next Manu and the cycle continues until all fourteen Manus and the Universe perish by the end of Bramha’s day. When ‘night’ falls, Brahma goes to sleep for a period of 4.32 billion years, which is a period of time equal one day (of Brahma) and the lives of fourteen Manus. The next ‘morning’, Brahma creates fourteen additional Manus in sequence just as he has done on the previous ‘day’. The cycle goes on for 100 ‘divine years’ at the end of which Brahma perishes and is regenerated. Bramha’s entire life equals 311 trillion, 40 billion years. Thus a second of Brahmā is 98,630 years. Once Brahma dies there is an equal period of unmanifestation for 311 trillion, 40 billion years, until the next Bramha is created. During one life of Brahma there are 504 000 Manus (Vedic “Adams”) are changing, there are 5040 Manus are changing during one year of Brahma, and 420 Manus manifest during one month of Brahmā. (See: List of numbers in Hindu scriptures for more such numeric details).

    During the course of my research into Sanatana Dharma I stumbled across these facts which are authenticated by Modern Science.

    1. Thiruvannamali in Tamil Nadu, India is over 3.5 Billion Years old.
    2. Shiva Uma Marraige took place 40 Millionyeas ago.
    3. Tirupati is over 2100 million years old.
    4. An ancient site is Chennai, Tamil Nadu is dated around a Million years
    5. Jwalapuram ,Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India is dated around 74,000 years

    I wanted to look into this taking into account these points,The Age of Earth as stated by the Hindu Puranas and by Modern science.

    Now according to Hindu Cosmology, the earth is .4.32 Billion years old.

    The puranic view asserts that the universe is created, destroyed, and re-created in an eternally repetitive series of cycles. In Hindu cosmology, a universe endures for about 4,320,000,000 years (one day of Brahma, the creator or kalpa) and is then destroyed by fire or water elements. At this point, Brahma rests for one night, just as long as the day. This process, named pralaya (literallyespecial dissolution in Sanskrit, commonly translated as Cataclysm), repeats for 100 Brahma years (311 Trillion, 40 Billion Human Years) that represents Brahma’s lifespan. Brahma is regarded as a manifestation of Brahman as the creator.

    Modern scientific view is that the earth is…4.54 Billion years + or – 5 Billion years!

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    The age of the Earth is 4.54 ± 0.05 billion years (4.54 × 109 years ± 1%). This age is based on evidence from radiometric age dating of meteorite material and is consistent with the radiometric ages of the oldest-known terrestrial and lunar samples.

    Following the scientific revolution and the development of radiometric age dating, measurements of lead in uranium-rich mineralsshowed that some were in excess of a billion years old.The oldest such minerals analyzed to date—small crystals of zircon from the Jack Hills of Western Australia—are at least 4.404 billion years old. Comparing the mass and luminosity of the Sun to those of other stars, it appears that the Solar System cannot be much older than those rocks. Calcium-aluminium-rich inclusions  – the oldest known solid constituents within meteorites that are formed within the Solar System – are 4.567 billion years old, giving an age for the solar system and an upper limit for the age of Earth.

    It is hypothesised that the accretion of Earth began soon after the formation of the calcium-aluminium-rich inclusions and themeteorites. Because the exact amount of time this accretion process took is not yet known, and the predictions from different accretion models range from a few millions up to about 100 million years, the exact age of Earth is difficult to determine. It is also difficult to determine the exact age of the oldest rocks on Earth, exposed at the surface, as they are aggregates of minerals of possibly different ages..

    Now Thiruvannamalai,Tamil Nadu, India is 3.5 Billion years old!

    In Puranic version of Brahma’s creation, the first creation for this kalpa was around 4.32 Billion Years.

    In such great stretches of Time 5 to 10 billion years is allowed in calculation.

    Hence it is probable Shiva was at Thiruvannamalai when Brahma created the world around 4.32 Billion Years ago!

    I shall be exploring this data from other angles as well.

    Citations.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_the_Earth

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_cosmology

    https://ramanisblog.in/2015/07/08/arunachala-shiva-thiruvannamalai-three-billion-years-old-gsi/

    https://ramanisblog.in/2014/07/09/hindus-lived-74000-years-ago-survey-finds/

    https://ramanisblog.in/2015/07/11/tirupati-tirumala-2100-million-years-old-geology/

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  • Mohenjo-Daro Destroyed by Indra Archaeology Hinduism

    Hinduism speaks of  Four types of Pralaya or Dissolution of the Universe.

     

    They are.

     

    FromVishnu Purana and Agni Purana,.

    Praakritik Pralaya, which is of 311,040,000,000,000 solar years duration, occurs after the completion of life of Brahma (i.e. 100 Brahma years = 311 trillion and 40 billion earth years = one day of Vishnu = 1 Parama). After the completion of one Brahma life cycle, the complete dissolution of all the entities (i.e. the Pancha Mahabhutha or Universe) takes place in the eternity (God). Praakritik Pralaya is the time for which Vishnu sleeps. The next morning, he again gives birth to a new Lord Brahma and asks him to create new worldly entities. Noticeably, Praakritik Pralaya and the Life of Brahma are of equal duration.

    Naimittika Pralaya, which is of 4,320,000,000 earth years, occurs just after the end of a Kalpa.

    Also, known as the Night of Brahma, it signifies the end of living world.

    In Bhagvata Purana, sage Shukdeva told king Parikshit that if Lord Brahma is supposed to be a child (for example), then in a similar way as a child plays with his toys i.e. making various structures from his toys during day and breaking or dismantling them before he goes to sleep at night; Brahma makes the living world during his day (i.e. Kalpa) and destroys it before going to sleep during night (i.e. Naimittika Pralaya). A new living world is created by Brahma, when he wakes up the next day and so on the cycle continues till Praakritik Pralaya. Again, Naimittika Pralaya and Kalpa are of equal duration.

    Atyantik Pralaya, also termed as Moksha, is the final deliverance or the attainment of salvation by a jivan (soul) and after that the jivan is never again in the clutches of karma; nor bounded by the tight ropes of Samsara. It is therefore a variable time span conditioned or determined by the practise of the different kind of Yogas or Prapatti.

    It is the final immersion of a soul (i.e. atma), thereby completely eliminating its individualism into the eternal almighty (i.e. Paramatma).

    Nitya Pralaya, is the sleep or by an extension thereof, Death.

    <img src="Brahma Life Span.jpg" alt="Brahma Life Span" />
    Life Of Brahma,Brahma Life Span

     

    In Naimithika Pralaya, that is at the end of the Day of Brahma’ the world is consumed by ferocious fire, people in Boo, Bhuva, Suvah Loka are

     

    destroyed and the people living in Mahar Loka move over to Jana Loka.

     

    Then these three worlds are inundated with water.

     

    Now archaeologists have found in Mohenja0- Daro,

     

     

    Mohenjo Daro
    Mohenjodaro .The ruins of Mohenjo-Daro in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Image: Arvind Garg

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    ” the one anomaly among several at the site that has caused some researchers to suggest that there might have been forces unleashed in the past that are comparable to modern weapons. Walls, pottery and other items found in the city have been turned into a kind of ceramic glass, indicating that they were exposed to heat close to 1500 degrees Celsius. Evidence of ionizing radiation has also been found in some of the burial sites.

    The oldest myths of the Hindu religion, itself one of the oldest religions in the world, speak of gods flying in vehicles composed of dazzling light and intricately carved platforms calledvimanas, that waged war with one another using energy beams of incredible power. In the Hindu religious text known as the Mahabharata, there is a description of one such vehicle:

    “Gurkha flying in his swift and powerful Vimana hurled against the three cities of the Vrishis and Andhakas a single projectile charged with all the power of the Universe. An incandescent column of smoke and fire, as brilliant as ten thousands suns, rose in all its splendor. It was the unknown weapon, the Iron Thunderbolt, a gigantic messenger of death which reduced to ashes the entire race of the Vrishnis and Andhakas.”

    The thunderbolt is the weapon of Indra:he wields a lightning thunderbolt known as vajra and rides on a white elephantknown as Airavata.

    indra, God of Thunder
    Indra,God of Thunder_

    Indra is the supreme deity and is the twin brother of Agni.

    “

    Many speculations have been forthcoming about what the vimanas were or what the Iron Thunderbolt might have been. Some of the more imaginative examples see UFO’s and alien spacecraft waging war against the backdrop of primitive humanity, leaving behind a mythological image of gods and demons in conflict. Since the old races were unable to comprehend the idea of technologies on such a vast scale, the only alternative was to invest the phenomena that they observed with divine power.

    Rather than presupposing a visitation from a super race of extraterrestrials, it is more probable that natural events – although orders of magnitude beyond what we experience today – imprinted themselves on the psyches of our ancestors and inspired the reports of gods in the sky.”

    Erich Von Daniken believes that extraterrestrials destroyed the earth by Atomic or similar weapons.

    Citation .

    http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/

     

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  • Time Recoils Earth Is 4.32 Billion Years Hindusim

    Kalpas, Manvantaras, Samvatsaras

    Kalpa.

    Calculation of Time by Hinduism
    Time The Hindu Way.

    A Kalpa is 12 hours of Brahma. 2 kalpas make a day and a night of Brahma.

     

    He lives for 100 years on this time scale.
    How many Mahayugas or Chaturyugas( Four) are there in a Kalpa?
    There are 1000 or 1008, Mahayugas in a Kalpa Mahayugas in a Kalpa.

     

    84 Chaturyugas is an hour of Brahma.

     

    There are 14 Manvantaras in a Kalpa.

     

    Check my post on this.( Link provided at the end of this post)

     

    A Manu or an Indra lives for 1 Manvantara.

     

    A Manvanatara is a 100 years of Indra.

     
    There are 72 Chaturyugas to a Manvantara.

    The cycle of Kalpas, beginning with Brähma-kalpa and ending with Pädma-kalpa, is repeated a thousand times, Cyclic,non- Linear

     

    The present kalpa is called Sveta-varäha-kalpa.
    The Bhagavatam speaks of 30 kalpa names, one for each day of his month.

     

    This list does not match the list in the Vayu Purana.

    The Thirty kalpas of Brahma ,

    (1) Sveta-kalpa

    , (2) Nilalohita,

    (3) Vamadeva,

    (4) Gathantara,

    (5) Raurava,

    (6) Prana,

    (7) Brhat-kalpa,

    (8) Kandarpa,

    (9) Sadyotha,

    (10) Isana, (

    11) Dhyana,

    (12) Sarasvata,

    (13) Udana,

    (14) Garuda,

    (15) Kaurma,

    (16) Narasimha,

    (17) Samadhi,

    (18) Agneya,

    (19) Visnuja,

    (20) Saura,

    (21) Soma-kalpa,

    (22) Bhavana,

    (23) Supuma,

    (24) Vaikuntha,

    (25) Arcisa,

    (26) Vali-kalpa,

    (27) Vairaja,

    (28) Gauri-kalpa,

    (29) Mahesvara,  and

    (30) Paitr-kalpa.
    List from the Vayu Purana.
    “(1) Bhava.

    (2) Bhuva.

    (3) Tapah.

    (4) Bhava.

    (5) Rambha.

    (6) Ritu.

    (7) Kratu.

    (8) Vahni.

    (9) Havyavahana.

    (10) Savitra.

    (11) Bhuvah.

    (12) Oushika.

    (13) Kushika.

    (14) Gandharva.

    (15) Rishabha.

    (16) Shadaja.

    (17) Marjaliya.

    (18) Madhyama.

    (19) Vairaja.

    The great Vairaja Manu was born in this kalpa and his son was the great sage Dadhichi.

    (20) Nishada. The race of nishadas (hunters) were created during this period

    . (21) Panchama.

    (22) Meghavahana.

    The word megha means cloud and vahana means to bear. In this kalpa, Vishnu adopted the form of a cloud and bore Shiva on his back.

    It is thus that the Kalpa received its name.

    (23) Chintaka.

    (24) Akuti.

    (25) Vijnati.

    (26) Mana.

    (27) Bhava.

    (28) Vrihat

    . (29) Shvetalohita.

    (30) Rakta.

    (31)Pitavasa.

    (32) Sita.

    (33) Krishna

    (34) Vishvarupa.”
    Note: There are 864,00 seconds in our day.

    Thus Kalpa is a simple multiple of this figure.

    By this reckoning the earth is about 4.32 Billion Years old.

    Citation .

    Hinduism.

    https://www.facebook.com/krishnamoorthi.balasubaramanian

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