Questions tagged [kali-yuga]
kali yuga (Sanskrit: कलियुग, "age of Kali"; "age of vice") — is one of the four stages of development that the world goes through as part of the cycle of Yugas, the others being satya-yuga, treta-yuga and dwapara-yuga.
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Will Parashurama reappear in Kaliyuga?
According to Hindu mythology, Parashurama is the sixth avatar of Vishnu. He appeared during the last Treta and Dwapara Yugas, he also played important role in the Ramayana and Mahabharata.
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Was there an influence of Kali demon in Dwapara yuga?
Even though game of dice is such a shame, why was it a rule for the Kshatriyas not to reject invitation for the of dice? Does it mean Yudhistira was under the influence of kali, accepted invitation ...
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Why no Divine Weapons in Kali Yuga?
The ancient scriptures speak a lot on divine weapons used in the earlier yugas. There are mention of Brahmastra, Rudrastra, Narayanastra etc. But, why these weapons do not exist in the kali Yuga?
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What about the technology of the previous Kali Yugas?
In today's world, we have advanced a lot in science and technology, and people have distanced themselves from all the Puranas and Vedas. All that is fine, because it is predicted that the Kali Yuga is ...
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How qualities of humans change drastically from Kali Yuga to Satya Yuga?
How People change their behavior to good and virtuous from evil, greedy and lewd within less time at the dawn of Satya Yuga? How can humans who are evil and bad change immediately?
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Yuga changes and age difference
I have kind of a stupid question, but I believe it's valid.
What exactly happens when a Yuga changes from Satya Yuga -> Treta Yuga -> Dwapar Yuga -> Kali Yuga?
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Did Lord Vishnu incarnate as Kalki in any of the previous Yugas?
Lots of Vishnu avatars have repeated during the previous Chaturyugas.
Are there any references citing the Kalki avatar in previous Yugas?
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Who is Kali Purusa ? Where did he come from ? How could he reign over a complete yuga of 4,32,000 years?
It is known from SB that Kali Purusa has come as soon as lord krishna departed the earth.
As soon as he came he was beating the holy cow.
After he was defeated by maharaja parikshit he begged for his ...
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Why are there no Rishi in the current time?
Why are there no Rishi in the present time?
Is it because most people have some level of knowledge (from previous Rishi or other scientific discovery) that they think is sufficient for the life to ...
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What did Rama tell Sita about Kaliyug? [closed]
I have heard some Doha of Kabir (couplet) or somewhere else like this:
Ramchandra keh gaye siya se aisa kaliyug ayega,
Hans chugega dana dunaka, kauvva moti khayega
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Ramchandra told Sita ...
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Role of Hanuman in Kaliyuga?
Hanuman had a great role in Ramayana and also took part in Mahabharata of the previous yugas.
Since Hanuman is Chiranjeevi and Brahmachari, he will be there in Kaliyuga and have some role.
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What are the do's and don'ts a Hindu (or any human being) should follow in Kali Yuga?
I am assuming present time which we are living as kali yuga and also it is the last of the four yugas.
These words were taken from here
It is said that everyone will become godless. Whatever ...
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Do we have any record of events in any previous Kaliyuga?
We know that at the end of every Dwapara yuga, Vyasa compiles the events of the yugas into various puranas. These puranas sometimes contains stories and other details about Kritayuga, Dwapara Yuga and ...
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All the kaliyug was same like current kaliyug?
I want to know that there is the so many kaliyug in kalpa, so i want to know whether all kaliyug were same like current one with various other religions, technology ans so on.
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Are there any stories related to Lord Shiva from the Kaliyuga?
All stories related to Lord Shiva I have read till now seem to be in the Satyayuga, Treta or Dwapara. The last one I heard is I think in Dwapara, when Lord Shiva was testing Arjuna. I want to know ...
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How many years have passed since the departure of Lord Krishna to the start of Kali Yuga?
Kali yuga started 5000 years back is a well known fact. My question is did it start immediately on the day Lord Krishna ended His avatar or some time after that? I read some where that after Lord ...
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Will size of people increase when Kali yuga will change to Satya yuga?
It is said that in Satya yuga people were a lot larger than today in Kali yuga. And it is said in Bhagavata purana and in several other places that when Kalki avatara will destroy all sinners at the ...
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Why would Kali Demon cause misery?
It is said in the Kalki Purana --> "According to Kalki Purana, Kali demon will rule the earth and bring sin and misery to the people. When the first stage of the Kali Yuga begins, the varna system ...
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Why is the population so high in Kali yuga?
It is said that one gets the human form after collecting a lot of good karma, then how the population has increased to such? As it is Kali yuga and good is very scanty and will go down even further as ...
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Are gods of religions like Islam, Christianity etc be remembered after the end of Yuga?
Actually, at the end of every Yuga, everything is said to be collapsed. But it is a wonder that the most of the scriptures and the Rama setu bridge hadn't been collapsed.
There might have been a lot ...
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Repetition of Time and Yugas in Hinduism
The following is the time span of yugas. Now we are in kaliyuga.
Will these yugas repeat?
If the same yugas repeat, then what about the incidents happening in the universe? Will they also repeat? E....
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What are the methods to overcome/minimize the effect of Kalipurush in Kaliyug?
We all are living in Kaliyug and the 'Kali'/'Kalipurush'(not to be confused with Goddess Kalimatha) has great influence on people these days. Are there mentions of major places where 'Kali' resides in ...
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What exactly happens at end of Kali Yuga. Will the world be destroyed?
I heard that at the end of the Kali Yuga, the world will be destroyed.
What does this mean?
Will the Earth be destroyed or will the entire Universe be destroyed?
Can someone throw light on this?
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Do methods of worship change according to yugas?
Are there different methods of worshiping God in different yugas?
For example, in the Sathya Yuga, the major method of worship is meditation or yagas. In Kaliyuga - chanting of God's name. I have ...
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