12,000,000 x 360
1 Manvantara = ---------------- = 3,37,142,657 1/2 Lunar years.
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The Manvantaras have their Manus, successors of Manus, Rishis and Devas.
The Rishis, Indras, and Devas appear together.
In the daily creation of Brahma, Animals, Men, Pitris and Devas are born
according to their own Karma.
During the Manvantara, Bhagavan preserves this universe by His own
Satva, directly as Manvantara Avataras and indirectly as Manus and
others. When Pralaya approaches, Bhagavan withdraws His Saktis (or
powers). Triloki is then burnt up by fires from the mouth of
Sankarshana. Bhrigu and other dwellers of Mahar Loka proceed to Jana
Loka. The waters of Pralaya sweep away everything before them. In that
watery expanse, Hari remains seated upon the coils of Ananta, with His
eyes closed.
With every Day and Night, the age of Brahma declines. He lives for one
hundred years only. Half of Brahma's age is called Pararddha. The first
Pararddha has expired, the second has commenced with our Kalpa. Every
day of Brahma is called one Kalpa.
At the beginning of the first Pararddha was Brahma Kalpa, when Brahma or
the present Kosmos was born.
At the end of the first Pararddha was Padma Kalpa, when the Loka-Padma
(the lotus of Lokas) appeared at the navel of Hari.
The first Kalpa of the second Pararddha, which is the present Kalpa, is
called Varaha Kalpa. Hari incarnated as Varaha or Boar during this
Kalpa.
The two Pararddhas are but a wink of Bhagavan. Kala cannot measure him.
[1 Day of Brahma = 12,000,000 Deva years,
1 Night of Brahma = 12,000,000 Do.
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24,000,000 Do.
Multiplying by 360
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1 year of Brahma = 8,640,000,000 Deva years.
Multiplying by 100
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Age of Brahma = 864,000,000,000 Deva years.
Multiplying by 360
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31,10,40,00,00,00,000 Lunar years.
1 Kali Yuga, including Twilight (Sandhya and Sandhyansa)
= 1,200 X 360 = 4,32,000 Lunar years.
Varaha Kalpa = 50 X 360 + 1 = 180001st Kalpa.
The present is the seventh Manvantara of that Kalpa.
The present Kali Yuga is the 28th Yuga of that Manvantara and 4,994
years of that Yuga have expired in the present year of Christ 1894.
THEOSOPHICAL CORRESPONDENCES. The words Kalpa and Manvantara are
carelessly used in Theosophical literature. But I shall use those terms,
specially with reference to page 309 of the second volume of the _Secret
Doctrine_ (first edition.)