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Mahavira Era
Sañjnita, āhurmaniṣiṇaḥ and by the existence of an account of Yuga periods without reference to the divya reckoning in ch. 32 of Vāyu. The first 27 caturyugas of the Vaivasvata period are likewise conventional since the Puranas ascribe a cyclic character to the historical events they enumerate. The Tretayuga, therefore, which is taken in the Purāṇas to mark the beginning of orthodox caturyuga of the Vaivasvata manvantara, and the divya calculation need not be considered in judging the historical period, The period between the startingpoint and the end of the Kali-Age is thus one of (3600+2400+1200 or) 7200 years.
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In the days of Magasthenes, the Hindus reckoned the startingpoint of their history to have been 6451 years and three months before Alexander, that is, about 6777 B. C. As this reckoning was based upon the reign-periods of kings and was associated with legends concerning Spatembas (Svayambhuva) and Bondays (Buddha), the stand-point must have been that of the Purāņas. The date 6777 B. C. should consequently be identified with the beginning of the Tretayuga of the Purāņas, with the result that the end of the Kaliyuga falls in 424 A. D. (6777 B, C.-424 A. D. 7200 years) and the coronation of Mahāpadma is assigned to 413 B. C. being 836 years prior to the end of Kali, According to this view of the chronology, the yuga periods
are
Tretā-6777 B.C-3177 B. C.
Dvapara-3177 B. C-777 B. C. Kali-777 B. C.-424 A.C,
We can put this chornology to some rough tests.
-(Adopted from the Report of the first Oriental Conference, Poona, Published in Sanskrita Bharati Supplement, Vol. 2 No. IV pp. 119-122-OctoberDecember, 1919.)
| SR No. | 524574 |
| Book Title | Tulsi Prajna 1993 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Parmeshwar Solanki |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 1993 |
| Total Pages | 166 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India |
| File Size | 7 MB |