1 Round = 2 Manvantaras.

The Pralaya at the end of seven Rounds therefore means the Pralaya of

Triloki.

The last Globe Chain of which the Moon formed a living planet belonged

to Padma Kalpa. Our Globe D is the 18001st since the birth of the

Kosmos. There will be 17999 more such Globes, one after each Pralaya of

Globe Chains. There will be 18000 more Pralayas of the Globe Chain. Then

there will be a general dissolution or Prakritika Pralaya, not only of

the Globe Chain, but of the whole Kosmic system.

V.-THE CREATION BY BRAHMA (_Continued_) III. 12.

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