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| Dasha
Avatar |
| Author
: Anant Pai |
| ISBN
: 81-7508-079-5 |
Format :
69 Pages, 9.2" x 6.8"
Paperback |
| Publisher:
India Book House Pvt. Ltd. |
| Year
of publication: 2001 |
| Book
Id : co11 |
| Language
: English |
| U.S
$ 11.95 |
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About the Publisher
The Avatar concept is the very cornerstone of
Hindu theology. According to it, the Supreme Power
manifests itself in animal or human forms on
earth, with the divine mission of cleansing it of
the periodically increasing evil. The Avatar
concept is closely related to the measurement of
time in Hindu theology which has its basis on one
working day of brahma. According to the Bhagwat
Purana, Brahma, the creator, is the causal effect
of the predetermined periodic creation and
dissolutin of the universe. Each creation of Kalpa
is equal to one day and each dissolution or
Pralaya is equal to one night in the life of
Brahma. A Kalpa and a Pralaya last for 4,320
million human years each. Every Kalpa has 1000
cycles of 4 Yugas (ages). Each cycle of 4 yugas is
completed in 4,320,000 human years. The Yugas are
called Satya, Treta, Dwapara and Kali. The
Avataras which are considered most significant are
ten in number and they form the "Dasha
Avatar" these ten start with the form of a
lowly fish and work up to the noble man, cast in
the image of God. The fanciful find a parallel to
Darwin's theory of evolution in the progression of
these Avatars. The Avatars enable the common folk
to speak of or listen to stories of divine doings
which is a simple way of proceeding towards
Godhead;particularly in our Kali Yuga with its
'sick hurry and divided aims'.
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