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No, the world won't actually get destroyed at the end of the Kali Yuga. Rather, what's going to occur is that when the evil and decadence of the Kali Yuga reaches its zenith, Vishnu will have an incarnation (avatara) as Kalki the horse rider, to kill all the evil people and restore Dharma on earth, commencing a new Satya Yuga. Here is how the Srimad ...
answered Aug 26 '14 at 4:59
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Yes, you've heard correctly. As the four Yugas progress, the world becomes more and more evil. But as a way to help people deal with all the evil that surrounds them, in later Yugas it becomes easier and easier to obtain great benefits from even small religious activity. Here is how Vyasa describes the benefits of the Kali Yuga in the Vishnu Purana:
The ...
answered Jul 18 '14 at 1:24
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There are multiple incarnations of Vishnu which took place during previous Kali Yugas:
Pramati: Just as Vishnu'e incarnation Kalki will come at the end of the present Kali Yuga and kill all the evil people, during one of the Kali Yugas of the Swayambhuva Manvantara Vishnu incarnated as a king named Pramati and killed all the evil people, as described in ...
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The four yugas you listed, join to be called as Mahayuga or Chaturyuga. Every cycle(Mahayuga) has different happenings all together, its not clear whether each cycle(Mahayuga) will have same incidents. There are some marked incidents which have to happen, like the incarnation of Lord Vishnu, they are sure to happen in every yuga and in the same form, the ...
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First of all, we know for a fact that Kalki doesn't come in every Kali Yuga. In this chapter of the Matsya Purana (an important Hindu scripture), various incarnations of Vishnu in the present Vaivasvata Manvantara are listed, but Kalki is only mentioned once, in the current Kali Yuga. This excerpt from the Skanda Purana says the same thing. (See my ...
answered Sep 27 '15 at 13:57
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Lord Vishnu's incarnations are innumerable, as time is cyclic. However, we know some incarnations such as 24 incarnations mentioned in Srimad Bhagavatam or famous Dasavatara.
Chapter 47 of Matsya Purana, Chapter 36 Part 2 of Vayu Purana, Chapter 19 of Prabhasa Khanda of Skanda Purana and Chapter 73 Upodgatapada of Brahmanda Purana mention timeline of Lord'...
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1 kalpa is equal to 1000 Chaturyugas..1 Day of Brahma Loka is 1 Kalpa
1 Chaturyuga = 12000 deva years
■ 1 kalpa = 12000000 deva years
■ 12 hour of Brahmaloka= 12000000deva years
■ 1 hour of Brahmaloka=1000000 deva years
■ 1 second of Brahmaloka=277.7778deva years
■1 second of Brahmaloka=277.778×360 Human years
■1 second of Brahmaloka=100000 Human years
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The Yuga Time Period
Kritha Yuga 17,28,000 human years
Tretha Yuga 12,96,000 human years
Dwapara Yuga 8,64,000 human years
Kali Yuga 4,32,000 human years
(As on today we are approximately over 5000 years into Kali Yuga)
All the four yugas combined together is called a Maha Yuga. One Maha Yuga comprises of 43,20,000 years. 1000 maha yugas are equivalent to ...
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No, the four legs of the bull of Dharma do not represent percentages of righteousness in society (although it is true that the number of righteous people decline as the Yugas progress). Rather, the legs represent different virtuous qualities any individual can have. Here is what Arjuna's grandson Parikshit says in the Srimad Bhagavatam, upon seeing the ...
answered Sep 13 '14 at 6:02
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As I discuss in this answer, how the Vedas originated is that from time immemorial, sages known as Dhristas have heard sacred verses directly from the gods during a state of Tapasya (deep meditation). And then in every Dwapara Yuga, a sage called the Veda Vyasa takes this set of mantras and divides into the four books we call the Vedas (or more precisely the ...
answered Nov 6 '14 at 16:36
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Let me preface this by saying that since most of our scriptures were composed or compiled by Vyasa at the end of the Dwapara Yuga or the beginning of the Kali Yuga, most descriptions of Shiva's activities in the Kali Yuga would be in the form of prophecies. But here are at least some potential activities that Shiva may have done in the Kali Yuga:
One thing ...
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As per the Parashara Smriti, curses(saapa) are effective in Kali Yuga as well very much like the previous 3 Yugas.Only difference being in the time after which the curses take effect.
For example,In Krita curses effect immediately,in Treta after 10 days,in Dwapara after a month whereas in Kali it takes 1 year for the curse to take effect.
The exact Sloka ...
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During the time of dissolution Lord Shiva doesn't destroys the Vedas because they enter the Panchakshari Mantra (Nama Shivaya) and thus Lord Shiva graces on them.
In the Linga Purana Chapter 85 "Glory of Panchakshara Mantra" Lord Shiva states to Godesses Parvati:
प्रलये समनुप्राप्ते नष्टे स्थावरजंगमे ।
नष्टे देवासुरे चैव नष्टे चोरगरा...
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Nothing very definitive but some indications are given in the Bhavisya Purana:
Then Bali and Kalki Devi approached Narayana in the form of Vamana who
in turn enabled a Brahmana called Kama Sharma and his wife Devahuti on
the banks of Yamuna River; he blessed that this couple would give
birth to Bhoga Simha and Keli Simha. These two sons would stay ...
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Yugas won't change suddenly. There are transition times between Yugas. Chapter 29 and 31 of ANUSANGA in Brahmanda Purana (Pg- 287-313) describe them in detail. Indra narrates this to sage Suta.
3-4. There are six aspects to be mentioned in regard to set of four
Yugas.viz.
Yuga
Difference of Yuga
Yugadhrama (Peculiar characteristics of Yuga)
Yuga-Sandhi (...
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Vedas quite clearly mention about Yugas. Krishna Yajurveda 4.3.3 does so.
The Taittiriya Samhita 4.3.3.1 mentions the names of 5 Yugas among which we are familiar with 3 of them viz - Krita, TretA and DwApara.
TS 4.3.3.1 mentions Krta Ayana and relates it to spring season and Rishi SAnaga.
Similar triplets mentioned are {TretA, summer and Rishi ...
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Traditional answer is Satya Yuga. Many Puranas say Satya, Treta, Dwapara and Kali Yuga occur in cyclic order with no beginning and ending. (Time is cyclic according to Hinduism. Puranas and Vedas assert cyclic nature of time).
Chapter 29 to 31 ANUSANGA in Brahmanda Purana (Pg- 287-313), Chapter 5 of Kurma Purana and many Puranas describe this cyclic order ...
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No,vedas don't mention yugas only smritis mention them even swami vivekananda has said-
Quoting from Works of Swami Vivkananda, Volume 5, Q&A:
Q. — Is the division of time into four Yugas astronomical or arbitrary calculation?
A. — There is no mention of such divisions in the Vedas. They are arbitrary assumptions of Paurânika times.
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The duration of the 4 yugas is:
Satya Yuga - 4800 years
Treta Yuga - 3600 years
Dwapara Yuga - 2400 years
Kali Yuga - ...
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Time between begining of creation and beginign of destruction is kalpa (day of brahma) = 4.32 billion years
Age of earth according to modern radiometric data is around 4.54 billion years(As you have quoted)
Puranas quotes that currently we are in 7 th manvantara , 28th mahayuga of current kalpa.
So age of earth =
= 6 * Years for Manvantara + 28 * ...
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The Dharma Shastra (the rule book of what to do and what not to do) to be followed in Kali Yuga is Parashara Smriti only & not those of Manu and others. This is as per the Parashara Smriti .
I don't know if there are any other Scriptures which contradicts with this or not.
Refer to Parashara Smriti :
According to the nature of age the Laws to be ...
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Yes, RigVeda mentions about 'yuga' starting with the 'asat yuga' from which deva brought forth the 'sat yuga'.
Ref. RV. 10.72 (2) - ' devana purvye yuge asat sat jayat'.
And RigVeda can tell us what preceded it not of forthcoming as done by some of the finalist scriptures which tell us that 'kali yuga' is the last one and 'sat yuga' will follow it.
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Synthesis of various avatars/incarnations using Laghu Bhagavatamrta.
Narada and 4 Kumaras appeared in the first Kalpa and they stay throughout the life of Brahma. They are both avesavatara. (LB 3.7)
Present Kalpa / Sveta-varaha Kalpa / Brahma Kalpa
Svayambhuva Manvantara (First Manvantara)
Lord Varaha deva came in black form to lift the ...
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Though Keshav's answer gives names of previous Vyasas, Shiva Purana gives different names for some of the previous Vyasas.
Chapter 4&5 of Satarudrasamhita Section of Shiva Purana mentions that Shiva takes birth at the end of each Dvapara Yuga and lives in Kaliyuga. He will teach Yoga techniques to his four disciples and these four disciples helps people ...
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I'm not sure why you're interested in the number of days as opposed to the number of years, but in any case it's simple arithmetic. Here is how the Vishnu Purana describes the lengths of the four Yugas:
They are thus distributed: the Krita age has four thousand divine years; the Tretá three thousand; the Dwápara two thousand; and the Kali age one ...
answered Jan 24 '15 at 10:38
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Yes there are many scriptures existing from the previous eras and in fact the various Purans are also from different time periods. As mentioned in Chapter 53 of Matsya Purana these are the different Kalpas in which each specific Purana was revealed:
Padma Purana - Padma Kalpa
Vishnu Purana - Varaha Kalpa
Vayu Purana, Shiva ...
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Gaudiya Vaishnavas do believe the same chronological order of Yugas like other Hindu Scriptures say. That is, Satya, Treta, Dwapara, Kali.
Here is the YouTube video of Prabhupada. In this video He said that Lord Krishna appears in Dwapara Yuga, there are four yugas namely: Satya, Treta, Dwapara and Kali and have same circulation.
Krishna comes in Dwapara ...
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The exact & precise psychological, , mental & spiritual comparison between the People of Other yugas and Kaliyuga is provided in Shreemad Bhagvat Purana. Book 2 , Skandha 12 ,Chapter 3 (Dharma Of kaliyuga)
Here is the comparison (relative incapabilities of Kaliyuga people) -:
संतुष्टा: करुणा मैत्रा: शान्ता दान्तास्तितिक्षव: |आत्माराम:
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Please note that Lord Vishnu's incarnations are repetitive. So you may find more than one timeline for each incarnation. To understand this, let's read the below lines:
However there are very few sources but we can't ignore the story of Kakabhushundi. Kakabhushundi has seen Ramayana 11 times with different outcomes and seen Mahabharat 16 times with ...
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Yes the Avatars repeat themselves but NOT in every Chaturyga.
In the Yog Vasishtha Chapter 22 Kak Bhushunda, an immortal crow tells Brahmarishi Vasishth of the events of significance that he has witnessed multiple times. In this he mentions many avatars of Lord Vishnu as well:
14 Thrice I have seen the tyrant Hiranyaksha levy his tax upon the gods in ...
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