Why Ancient Indian Science Was Far Ahead

SSRG International Journal of Applied Physics (IJAP) – Volume 5 Issue 1- January to April 2018
Why Ancient Indian Science Was Far Ahead

The credit for almost all the great inventions and discoveries so far has always rested with the Western
world. We have read about them in schoolbooks, heard about them on television or in movies and talked
about it tirelessly. Sadly, it’s the knowledge and teaching of our ancient science that has taken a beating.
Just because their achievements were well-documented, it doesn’t mean that they were the first ones to do
that. Here are 10 facts, as found in our written and oral literature, about the supremely advanced ancient
Indian science that you were never taught in school.
Sushruta Samhita, The Oldest Medical And

Surgical Encyclopedia Known To Mankind: Written
during the 6th century BC, the Sushruta Samhita contains
184 chapters with descriptions of 1,120 illnesses, 700
medicinal plants, 64 preparations from mineral sources
and 57 preparations based on animal sources. Its author
Sushruta is also considered to be the first ever human to
perform medical surgeries on humans. The book also has
vast details on embryology, human anatomy, along with
instructions for venesection, the positioning of the patient
for each vein, and the protection of vital structures
(marma). The oldest documented evidence (9000 years)
for the drilling of human teeth of a living person was found
in Mehrgarh along with the evidences of orthopedic
surgeries.
The First Ones To Acknowledge The Existence Of

The Solar System: While history credits Copernicus for
proposing the heliocentric model of our solar system, it was
the Rig Veda that first noted the central placement of the
sun and other planets orbiting it in the solar system.
Rig Veda 1.164.13
“Sun moves in its orbit which itself is moving. Earth and
other bodies move around sun due to force of attraction,
because sun is heavier than them.”
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Rig Veda 1.35.9

“The sun moves in its own orbit but holding earth and other
heavenly bodies in a manner that they do not collide with
each other through force of attraction.”
Mahabharata Mentions The Concept Of Cloning,

Test Tube Babies, And Surrogate Mothers: The fact
that in the Mahabharata, Gandhari had 100 sons is pretty
well known. But what’s unknown is the scientific
explanation behind her giving birth to a 100 kids. Each
‘Kaurava’ was created by splitting the single embryo into
100 parts and growing each part in a separate kund
(container). This is identical to the cloning process today.
The birth of Karan, who was ‘born from the “characteristics
adopted from men of her choice” also has striking
resemblance to the present-day test tube baby concept.
‘Hanuman Chalisa’ Precisely Calculates

The Distance Between Earth And Sun
“Yug sahasra yojana par bhanu,
leelyo taahi madhura phal jaanu”
The above excerpt is from the Hanuman Chalisa and

translates to: ‘[When] Hanuman travelled thousands of
kilometers to swallow it thinking of it as a fruit’. The word-
to-word translation of the same excerpt reveals the distance
that Hanuman travelled.

1 Yuga = 12000 years. 1 Sahsra Yuga = 12000000 years.

Also, 1 Yojan = 8 miles.
Hence, “Yug Sahsra Yojana”, the first 3 words mean
12000*12000000*8 = 96000000 miles or 153,600,000
kilometers. Interestingly, the actual distance from earth to
sun is 152,000,000 kms. Bafflingly, there’s error of just
around 1%.
Indian Vedas Figured Out Gravity Before The West

Did: Yet again, way before Isaac Newton explained gravity,
ancient Indian scholars had already figured out how it
worked.
Rig Veda 10.22.14
“This earth is devoid of hands and legs, yet it moves ahead.
All the objects over the earth also move with it. It moves
around the sun.”
We Already Knew About The Speed Of

Light: Sayana, a vedic scholar from the 14th century once
said, "With deep respect, I bow to the sun, who travels
2,202 yojanas in half a nimesha." A yojana is 9 miles; a
nimesha is 16/75 of a second. Therefore, 2,202 yojanas x 9
miles x 75/8 nimeshas = 185,794 miles per second or
2,99,000 kilometers per second. That’s astonishingly close
to the real ‘scientifically-proven’ 3,00,000 kilometers per
second figure. It’s often believed that his source was none
other than the Vedas.

Vedas Explained The Science Behind The Rather

‘Feared’ Eclipses: While the world feared the eclipses
and associated all types of paranormal occurrences with the
phenomenon, Vedas already had a very proper and
scientific explanation. The below excerpt is also proof that
they knew that the moon wasn’t self illuminated.
Rig Veda 5.40.5
“O Sun! When you are blocked by the one whom you gifted
your own light (moon), then earth gets scared by sudden
darkness.”
They Knew The Exact Length Of A Year

Ancient Indians used 4 ways to measure the length of a year
namely ‘Nakshatra’, ‘Savana’, ‘Lunar’ and ‘Saura’. Saura
was one method based on the tropical zodiac that defines
the seasons: equinoxes, solstices, year-halves, and months
in relation to the (six) seasons. As unbelievable as it sounds,
Saura estimates the length of a year to be exactly 365 days,
6 hours 12 mins and 30 seconds.
Aryabhatta’s Deduction Of The Value Of Pi

According to documented history, the irrationality of pi was
proved in Europe only in 1761 by Lambert. The great Indian
mathematician Aryabhata worked on the approximation of
the value of pi ( ), and concluded that is irrational and its
value is approximately 3.1416. He did this in 499 Common
Era at the age of 23.

First Ones To Measure The Circumference Of

Earth
Sadly, the Greeks enjoy the credit for this discovery while it
was actually Aryabhata, who deduced a formulation
proving that the Earth is rotating on an axis. Then, by
estimating the value of pi to be 3.1416, he concluded that
the circumference of Earth was approximately 39736
kilometers. The actual circumference of Earth, as deduced
by scientists today, is 40,075 kilometers. How freaking cool
is that!
64 Dimensions?
according to my math and physics I also came to 64 dimensions using ancient Egyptian math. Total
thier are infinite dimensions but the way to calculate is determined by the shape of the object.
pyramid
/ r2
hypercube with pi inside.
this can all be raised to the 64 or taken down depending on how much space/time you want to
control.
The Dimension
Vivek Choudhary
Studying in Future Foundation the School in class 11th
VPO-Kalesara, Teh- Pisangan, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India-305204
Abstra everywhere in Cosmos between the Galaxy,

ct This research paper introduces the idea molecules and in the space, it is initial to maintain
of dimensions. This paper also clear that how many Field, Cosmos, Large Hadron Collider,
dimension in our universe
I. INTRODUC
Keywords TION
Graviton, White Hole, Black hole, There are 64 Dimension in our Universe, these
Anti-mass, Dark Energy, Anti-Energy, Energy
64 dimension is comes from 8other dimension the order of our life and expand our consciousness
mainly are- Time, Graviton, Energy, Speed, Field,
Temperature, Mass, Density. Graviton is the most B. Dark energy
mysterious particle in the Universe. The author The fig sure that there are 68.3% dark
hypothesises that these unanswered queries may be energy and dark matters are 26.8% but don't take
answered if we explain the mass, graviton, time, both in
temperature. The idea of 64 dimensions is also in
"Vedas".
The paper shall be under a 3 headings. Heading II
will introduce the concept of the Dimension it
contain 8 subheading. Heading III introduce the
concept of life in Cosmos and the Cosmos inside the
Atom.
THE DIMENSION
Fig.1
II.
dimension then why the dark energy encircle the

energy where we are discussing that cosmic energy
What is the meaning of dimension? and the dark matters come into the graviton, we
Dimension means where we are moving.
discuss it later. Now the question arises what is
Means a player play only on one position then we
dark energy?
can say is a one-dimensional player but another
It is nothing but a type of energy which exists in
player who play more than one position and we can
darkness vacuum and it is not directly responsible
say that he is multidimensional player, like that we
for expansion of universe
can also live in a dimension and all are in positive.
Let’s go to that time when the Cosmos formed .At
Dimensions are
that time nothing is present, one thing which is
I. Energy
present, is darkness and that darkness is the dark
II. Speed
energy. After sometime dark energy form dark
III. Time
matters and dark matters form gravitons, Higgs
IV. Field
Boson, electron, proton etc.
V. Temperature
Dark energies are similar to light energy but it is
VI. Mass
anti- light energy. It is also Move like wave energy,
VII. Density
it is the strongest energy in the whole universe.
VIII. Graviton
Einstein mass equilibrium formula E=MC^2 prove
that energy maybe negative. If mass will be negative
and dark energies are negative energies but in our
A. Energy universe dark energy is not behaving like negative
The energy is referred to cosmic
energy.
energy, in our life this energy or force is exist
How much is dark energy fast?

Let’s assume a dark room when we switch on the D. Tim

light then whole room filled with light but at that
e
Exactly we can’t explain What is time?
time, Darkness is much faster than light but when we How it's work? It is the only event which is
switch off then light is much faster than darkness in continuously moving. We don’t know but one thing
the both events the speed of Darkness is nearly to we know i.e. factors on which time depends
equal the light so we can say that the speed of  Time is inversely proportional to speed
darkness is equal to 3 X10^8.  Time is inversely proportional to mass
 Time is inversely proportional to gravity
C. Speed But one question on which time is directly
Let discuss what the formula of speed-is proportional we really don’t know.
Speed= Distance/Time 1. Is time travelling possible?
Now we all know that distance and time never goes 2. Is time never being negative?
negative so speed is never negative. But one Answer of both the questions is correlated. Answer
question arises here, is time travelling is possible or of the first question is yes, absolutely time travelling
not? We discuss about this topic very soon. is possible. For time travelling we need high Gravity
Now we know speed is never be negative but the which destroys space time. At high level then we can
absolute rest is not possible that is also not when we travel in time maybe in future and past. Time of our
see an atom or an object on Quantum data then we universe is between 0-1secs. And we can’t see
find every object, every atom, every particles are behind the 0 second and we are live in first second
moving even also in solid. The particles oscillate on of our universe
their position. Answer for the second question is that if we travel
In this structure electron are in moving position, so behind the zero second then time will be negative for
directly or indirectly every object is in motion us but it is not possible for us.
because every object made up by atom. An atom is We are travelling in time only between 0 to 1 second
made up of electrons, protons and neutrons. of cosmos; it may be possible we can travel in our
future means we can travel after the first second of
Cosmos.
Time is a variable value it is different for every
person and different at every place in universe. We
really don’t know what the exact time of our
universe is.
E. Field
Our universe is made up by field and this
field also divided the other dimensions. From a
dimension it is the only way from where we can
travel. To travel in higher dimension behind the field
We see in the fig 3 the nucleus is in rest and it is we need a mass less body. Only mass less body can
made up of proton, neutron. Proton and Neutrons are travel behind these fields. This field is also
also made up by quarks are also in motion so; responsible for space time.
nucleus of atom is also in motion.
It is not possible that any object at absolute rest if

any object is in absolute rest then it may be possible
that object convert into dark object.
u d d d
Fig-4
Fields are of different types such as electromagnetic

field, gravitational field, energy field and many
more.
u u Our universe is made up by Energy field. The field
of energy is present in whole Cosmos; a universe is
made up of many fields. Single universe is also
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carries many dimension.

F. Temperature Galaxy means the light is not reaching to us than

Present of a heat in an object is another question is also comes across in our mind
called temperature. Temperature also depends on why we discuss about white hole? Answer is simple
speed of atom in a object. If the speed of atom is very because this is the topic on which my theory about
high, then also the temperature will rise and the anti mass or negative mass depends. So here I want
speed of an object will become slow, then to make myself clear that only White hole carries
temperature will lessen. If the speed of atom will anti mass or negative mass. Then how white hole
come on an absolute rest then temperature will be looks? It is totally same as black hole. It is a very
negative. dark reason where we found white hole. It can’t be
The Cold is really not exist in our universe. Cold seen, it also carry repulsive force which create a
only comes in exist when absolute rest comes in space-time. Due to this repulsive force near the white
exist. Absolute rest is not essential for the existence hole, there is absolute darkness. This repulsive force
of cold, it may be exist when the heat energy become is known as anti gravitational force.
negative. This negative heat energy can be seen in
the singularity of black hole.
Factors on which temperature depends-
 Temperature is directly proportional to heat
energy
 Temperature is inversely proportional to cold.
 Cold is directly proportional to anti mass.
 Temperature is directly proportional to speed
 Temperature is directly proportional to mass.
Anti mass is also known as negative mass.
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G. Mass
On which things Universe dependent and The object which contains mass, and destroy space
the answer is simple- dimension. Now we come on time
6th dimension the Mass. Now these objects are containing and the anti mass
Mass dependent upon some factors or negative mass and create the space time.
 Mass is inversely proportional to the time
 Mass is directly proportional to the gravity
 Mass is directly proportional to the energy
 Mass is directly proportional to the speed
 Mass is directly proportional to the
temperature
Every object content mass, it is essential but some
physicist thinks that anti mass or negative mass
maybe present, but in our known universe no object
is found which have anti mass, even electron also
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have a mass. So every object contains some mass.
Is anti mass or negative mass present? But how White holes are formed?
Yes anti mass is present. As we discuss above every White holes are nothing they are very massive black
object contains some mass either small or big. Then holes present in another dimension which is beyond
a question arises in our mind that how mass or the field so when they destroy the space time then
negative mass presents. Let’s assume that the the field is bended and the space time is created in
Cosmos and our Earth revolve around the sun. Our the another dimension and then the white holes
solar system revolve around the massive black hole formed.
which presents in the centre of our Galaxy and our
Galaxy is also rotating but if the galaxy revolves
around a very massive black hole or a group of
galaxies then what thing we really don’t know is that
our universe is continuously expanding and the
distance between our Galaxy and other Galaxy is
continuously increasing due to dark energy and dark
matter but I can say that universe is same and it is
not expanding, our galaxy is going far away from
the another Galaxy. It simply means that our galaxy
is revolving around a very massive white hole. Then
why we can’t see the white hole because it is
very far from our
Fig-7

H. Densi Then why we can't say that our universe is atom.

Let’s assume that our Galaxy is revolving around
ty
The formula of density the formula of

density is Density=Mass/Volume.
We discuss above that Mass is either positive or negative so it may be possible density is both positive and negative.
The density for an object which containing positive mass will be positive and the object which have negative mass
have negative density
I. Graviton
Graviton is a type of a particle which is responsible for the gravitational and anti gravitational force.
Graviton is also known as Quantum Gravity. But no Quantum particles are found who is responsible for Gravity.
But a particle is present in universe that is responsible for Gravity. Let's assume a single hydrogen atom containing
one electron, one proton and a neutron but if we study to smaller and very small scale in the neutron then we find
quarks there are three quarks find in neutrons two up and one down. And if we go to deeper then we find Higgs
Field. In more deeper we finds Higgs Boson particle at last we find graviton. Graviton is the smallest particle in
our universe it is mass less so it is easy to travel form one dimension to another dimension. But how we see the
graviton? To see the graviton we need Large Hadrons Collider and collapse two proton with the dual speed of light
and then graviton see at only 1/100 millisecond after that graviton will travel from one dimension to the another
dimension.
Here we discuss all the eight dimensions responsible for everything. But one question is still left that is all the planes
of these dimensions are present in our universe.
Formula for finding planes in dimension is (2) ^n So there are n = 8 so there must be 256 planes from them only
we have 64 planes.
If every plane is consider as dimension so there are only 64 dimensions in our universe and we go only through
these 64 dimensions. 64th dimensional is the highest dimension in our universe.
III. LIFE IS EVERYWHERE

Now assume that our universe is atom, I means Universe himself is atom.
Now let's think about that how atom is made? What is inside the atom? Atom is made up by electrons, protons,
neutrons. Protons and neutrons made up by quarks inside the quarks there is Higgs Boson present and Higgs field
is also present, After God particle which particles is present, we don’t know but one thing is clear God particle is
not the smallest particle in the universe and atom also consist another Universe inside it, which we can’t see and it
may be possible another life exists inside the atom which is very small.
white hole like electron revolving around atom. White hole is much smaller than galaxies alike Proton is much
smaller than electron.
Let’s see that our Galaxy, Our solar system is revolving around massive black hole, our earth and another planets
of our solar system is also revolving around the sun looks like a atom so our universe is very similar to the atom.
So it is clear that life is also possible in atom, in particle and everywhere even in another universe or Cosmos which
is very beautiful life which we can't see.
IV. CONCLUSION
Conclusion of the story is very clear that every object is made up by these 8 dimensions we are also moving
in these 8 dimensions at our universe is also made up by the these dimensions 64 planes and their 64 planes are
behaving like 64 dimensions and we are not travel more than this 64 dimension this is our highest limit.
Life is present in everywhere in the cosmos but it is different in form. Every atom contains a small universe
and the nuclear force between two particles in the atom play role of gravitation force. The speed of
darkness is equal to the light and darkness can also escape the high gravitational force of black hole. Anti-
Mass is create space time, it is also have mass but in another dimension.
The smallest particle in our universe is Graviton not God particle.
HINDU COSMOLOGY-SOLAR SYSTEM THROUGH THE

EYES OF VEDAS
LAST UPDATED ON JUNE 18, 2020
We all know about the wonders intrinsic to modern science: the big bang, the
gravitational force, time, solar system. The thread extends to infinity. But do we
actually know the truth? W ell, let’s see what Hindu cosmology has to say about
it? As we have progressed into the twenty-first century; man is at its peak of
excelling with its space endeavour of India’s Mars Orbiter Mission or the Cassini-
Huygens Mission of the west.
We contemplate the present projects and future prospects. But, it is also
important to look back at the traditional heritage of the Vedas,
Puranas, and Surya Siddhanta. A lot of the discoveries of the modern world had
already been mentioned in the Indian Vedic texts. It was long before the advent
of the west. You may not believe it but it has proof.
What is important to note he re is that all of the claims made were theoretical in
the sense that the Indian philosopher did not have the help of scientific apparatus
for assistance in their discoveries. For instance, at the basic level, all of the
calculations were done without the a id of a calculator.
This article emphasizes the Vedic perspective of our solar system in comparison
with the modern structure to understand the universe with respect to an
individual’s existence.
VEDIC COSMOLOGY
Cosmology deals with the science behind the workings of the universe.
Scientists in this field are preoccupied with the intricacies, theories, and laws of
the universe starting from the Big Bang to the theory of everything. Hindu
cosmology is the portrayal of the universe and its all processes a ccording to
Hindu texts, mainly the Vedas.
To discuss something as vast as space and our own minuscule existence in it,
we need to understand our solar system’s position in the universe as per the
Indian Vedic texts.
THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PHYSICAL EXISTENCE OF A

HUMAN
It is important to talk about both the spiritual and the physical existence of a
human. The physical existence is restrictive and does not go beyond the three
dimensions of space. On the other hand, spiritual existence refers to the eternal
nature of life without beginning or end. Our life is an entity of the all -
permeating, all-transcending cosmic energy without which the body is subject to
decay.
In simpler terms, the spiritual stage refers to the mind not being restricted to the
three known dimensions of length, breadth, and height. Rather, the mind can
perceive ‘Time’ as another dimension, the fourth from the 64 dimensions in
Vedas. Here, the human is closer to God as the experience is beyond the
perception of the senses.
THE UNIVERSE IN TERMS OF SPATIAL AND POW ER

HIERARCHY
In accordance with the structure mentioned in Hindu cosmology, the universe

can be understood in terms of spatial and power hierarchy. The Earth
or Bhurloka lies in the middle of the higher and the lower planets. Higher
planets are elevated above the Earth and are considered auspicious.
They maintain balance through opposite and equal qualities; for instance,
Jupiter or Brihaspati is an auspicious planet and on the other hand, Saturn
or Sanaiscara is considered inauspicious. Mars or Anagarka prevents rainfall on
the Earth and Venus or Shukra bestows rainfall.
They are under the control of Goddess Durga and are therefore called Deviloka.
Below the Earth, there lies Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talatala, Mahatala, Rasatala,
and Patala. They are at a much further distance from the sun’s rays and hence,
deprived of the light which is symbolic of spiritual knowledge.
These are inhabited by people of great demonic powers, serpents, and
immortals- which refer to a negative conception. The y do not enjoy spiritual
growth because of their distance from God - the effulgent, life-giving sun. They
are therefore called Bila-svarga. This realm is all about intoxications, and
material wealth. In the above -mentioned structure, our solar system lies in the
middle of higher planets or Deviloka and the lower planets.
The purpose of this is perhaps to indicate the importance of choosing the right
path according to dharma so that we can elevate ourselves spiritually and
prevent our downfall towards doom.
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM ACCORDING TO HINDU
COSMOLOGY
Following are some texts from Vedas
SUN: THE CONTROLLER

According to Vedic cosmology, the sun is considered the entry point of space.
The sun and the planets are similar to a rider and his horses. The sun is the
superior one- the rider who controls the horses with the reigns. Here, the reigns
represent the rays of the sun.
The rider controls his horses and limits their movements. Just like that, the sun
limits the movements of the planets with its “ Rashmi”. That can be understood
now as the gravitational field of the sun.
The Vedas also state that the sun is the central force governing the motion of the
planets. However, the planets do not revolve in a circular orbit which was later
proved to be correct. Because the planets move in an elliptical or an oval orbit.
The planets move around the sun because the sun is the heaviest component of
the solar system. Hence it has the strongest gravitational force.
It is the power of the sun that holds the planets in their orbits. Moreover, this
power prevents them from colliding with each other.
CHANDA MAMA – THE MOON
The earliest memory of ‘The Moon’, we as Indians have is that of Chanda
Mama. In school, we began with nursery rhymes. Later as we grew up, for more
knowledge, we learned how the moon does not have its own light and it simply
reflects the light that the sun. Hindu cosmology explains such phenomena
through interesting epigrams.
The Moon decided to get married and as a wedding gift, the Sun gave his
daughter ‘sun rays’ to the Moon. It is in an equally interesting way that the
eclipse is explained:
O Sun! When you are blocked by the one whom you gifted your own light,
and then the earth gets scared by the sudden darkness
When the moon is positioned betwee n the Sun and the Earth, the light of the
Sun is momentarily blocked and we experience a blackout or an eclipse on the
Earth. This also hints at the traditional practices that people perform on the day
of the eclipse to please the gods and goddesses.
VEDIC COSMOLOGY AND MODERN SCIENCE

Rigveda says “the speed of planets is inversely related to the distance of
the planets from the sun”. This can be proved by Newton’s Second Law of
Motion. This is in perfect coordination with Newton’s Law of Gravitation and
Kepler’s Law of Planetary Motion. The modern discoveries are proof of the
Vedic verse mentioned in the Rigveda.
Similarly, according to Surya Siddhanta, the measuring unit yojana is
approximately five miles in modern calculations. In Surya Siddhanta, the
diameter of the moon is 2400 miles which is very close to the modern
calculation of 2160 miles. The text also predicted the distance between the
earth and the moon.
The Vedic predicted distance between the earth and the moon is 258000
miles and the modern distance is 238900 miles.
The creation of the universe in Vedas has been explained in the 129 t h hymn of
the 10 t h mandala of the Rigveda. It also gives us an insight into the age of th e
universe according to Vedas.
MIND AND UNIVERSE
In the modern world, when we talk about the mind and the universe, the image
that comes to our mind is quite possibly the ‘galaxy -brain meme’. This seems to
be the best example to understand the connection between the mind and the
universe. As stated earlier, a spiritual mind can experience the fourth dimension
which is Time.
As in the meme, when the mind begins to expand through knowledge, it becomes
more one with the universe to the point that there is no distinction between the
mind and the universe. The connection between the mind and the bigger, outer
world goes way back to Atharvaveda. According to Atharvaveda, our bodies
have chakras parallel to our spinal cord.
According to Hindu cosmology, these chakras are the primary points of focus.
The proper stimulation of these chakras through meditation can make the person
aware of his position in the vast universe. In this state of higher consciousness,
the mind is closer to grasping the nature of the universe. In simpler words, a
differentiation can be experienced between the physical body and the spiritual
mind.
The spiritual mind is placed on the pedestal and the physical body which is made
from the five basic tattvas: earth, water, fire, air, and space, returns to its raw
state.
CONCLUSION
In English, the word ‘science’ means physics, chemistry, biology, and

mathematics. For someone who is French, the word ‘science’ includes sociology,
and for a German speaker, economics and politics cannot be excluded. The
distinction between science and traditional a rt is dependent on the language used
to talk about them instead of the subject itself.
Attention, here, should be paid to India’s great and vast past in logic,
mathematics, and medicine (Ayurveda) where the division between traditional art
and science is extremely blurred. Art was science and science as art. Nowadays,
we try to dismiss the traditional arts as we think that there is no empirical proof
in these arts but science complements it by giving proof.
The same can be observed when people dismiss the Vedic knowledge of the solar
system and the universe as a whole. The fact remains that the Vedic science of
the past supplements and complements modern experiments. It has shown us
that Hindu cosmology and modern science go hand in hand.
Thus, being dismissive of the Vedas makes a person ignorant to a vast amount
of knowledge that was produced with meagre apparatus, but is as accurate as of
the modern discoveries.
Dimensions: Puranas Say 10, Vedas Say 64 And

Science Says There Are 4 Dimensions
Cosmos Science
2021-06-14Namrata Paul
You must have read about dimensions in physical and mathematical sciences. According to string theory,
the universe has 10 dimensions. According to M theory 11 and according to Bojonic theory, the universe
has 26 dimensions. We can relate dimension to direction. Come let’s know important information.
Scientists say that there can be 10 dimensions in the universe but broadly our universe is three
dimensional. The first dimension is up and down, the second is right and left, the third is forward and
backward. This is what is called 3D. There is also a fourth dimension called time. You can feel the time
moving forward. We can’t go back in this. Our entire universe is based on these four dimensions.
Basically, the first dimension is a dot or zero. The second is back-and-forth, right-left, third up-down, the
fourth time in which we are walking now. The rest of the dimension is the hypothesis that scientists
have stated. There may be a fifth, sixth, seventh or greater dimension in some other universe or the
invisible universe.
According to Puranas, there are 10

dimensions
According to the Puranas of Hinduism, there are three worlds. Maharloka- ‘Maharlok’ is situated
between the Krittak and the Akritak Lok, is massless. Akritak Trailokya- After Kritaka and Maharlok,
Jana, Tapa and Satya Lokya are called Akritak Lokya.
The rule of the above dimensions is applicable only to Krita Trailokya and not to other worlds.
According to Hindu scriptures, Bhuloka, Bhuvarloka, Swaloka reside in our three-dimensional creation
only.
The fourth dimension is that of time.
The fifth dimension is called the Brahma dimension. Brahma resides in this dimension. Many types of
universes originate from this dimension. The time here is different. As we have said that one day of
Brahma is equal to one Kalpa. This space is outside the four dimensions.
After this, Mahavishnu resides in the sixth dimension. Mahavishnu also has three parts – Karnadakasayi
Vishnu, Garbhodakasayi Vishnu and Ksirodakasayi Vishnu.
In this, karnadakasayi i.e. Mahavishnu creates the elements from which these 5 dimensions are created.
This is called mahat and in whose stomach the whole universe is there. With each breath cycle, the
universe keeps on appearing and destroying.
How Brahma was born?

Brahma is born from the second Garbhodakasayi Vishnu, who enters every universe and gives life to it.
From his navel lotus, Brahma was born. After that, the third is Kshirodakasayi Vishnu, who is merging in
every element and atom of our creation. He is the form of God is present in the heart of every living
being and every atom of the universe and maintains the universe. When we meditate we feel
Kasirodhakasya Vishnu. When we attain this knowledge, we come out of material illusion. This is how
we feel God. One can feel these or this dimension when one is in the ultimate state of meditation.
After this comes the number of the seventh dimension which is called the Satya dimension or Brahma
Jyoti. Brahma is not the light of Brahma, just like the light of the sun. In this dimension is contained that
elemental knowledge with the help of which man goes into the category of deities.
The eighth dimension is Kailash

After this, there is the eighth dimension which is called Kailash. The physical form of Lord Shiva resides
in this dimension. His task is to maintain the balance of these seven dimensions. That is why Siddha
Yogis worship Lord Shiva because every Yogi wants to go there. After that, there is the ninth dimension
which is called Vaikuntha in the Puranas. Narayan resides in this dimension, which keeps every
dimension moving. To attain moksha means to be absorbed in this dimension. Every dimension is made
of this. This dimension creates all the dimensions. After attaining salvation, every soul gets absorbed in
the void and gets absorbed in this dimension.
Its number comes from the 10th dimension, which is said to be infinite. We told you in the fourth point
above that from infinity, greatness and greatness, darkness has arisen from the darkness. This infinite
Supreme Being is the Supreme Lord i.e. Paramatma, Ishvara or Brahman. The whole world has
originated from this Brahmand. The whole world including Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva gets absorbed in this
Brahmand itself. It pervades everywhere even though it remains stable in the form of light in one place.
This is the Sanatan truth in which 64 types of dimensions are included according to the Vedas.
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Which are the 14 Lokas as per vedas?
According to Hindu mythology, our soul takes birth in different worlds (realms) based on
the Law of Karma. The actions you do from the time you are born in any world to the time you
die, your soul carries information, experience, learnings, and evolve based on that, vibrating at a
certain frequency. Your soul’s frequency will match one of the realms where you will be born.
Please note, I have oversimplified things even in calculations as the complexity is too difficult to
cover here.
The 14 realms are:
Realm of God:
1. Satya Loka (infinite existence, universe himself) - The top of the universe. The creator
lives here. Vibrates at the highest frequency to anything that will be ever known.
Longevity - 311 trillion human years (100 creator years). His current age is 50 years
1st day which is 155.5 trillion human years which is the current age of our universe.
God-Level: 100%
2. Tapa Loka (infinite consciousness, universal presence)- 2nd highest part of the
universe. The beings who live here sometimes act as the bridge to connect the universe
and sometimes act as a part of the creator itself.
Longevity - from the time of reaching this realm till the time creator exists.
God-Level: Between 1%–99%
3. Jana Loka (infinite delight, observable universe presence)- The beings here have all
the knowledge about every realm that exists above and below them, know about
existence itself and the universe combined, but are still curious to learn more. They can
travel anywhere in the universe at the speed of thought. They don’t even need a
physical/any form to exist. They are more than aware (definition of awareness) and lost
in the beauty of existence.
Longevity - till creator exists.
Lifespan - 3.11 trillion years.
God-Level: 1%
Realm of Heaven:
1. Mahar Loka (finite existence, start/reset: inter-galactic presence)- The world of

greatest saints. They are the powerhouse of the galaxy which makes the galaxy/local
group exist. They are instincts of heaven. They fully understand the concept of one
single soul called Brahman.
Longevity - 3.11 trillion years.
Lifespan - avg 4.32 billion years.
God-Level: 10^(-5)%
2. Svar Loka (finite consciousness, start/reset: galactic presence)- This is the place that
is described as heaven in all religious textbooks. The beings here are connected with a
single consciousness that limits the possibility of any wrongdoings. It is believed all
minor 33 million Hindu Gods live here. Lord Indra rules here. You are free from old
age, diseases, etc earth realm worries, and pleasures. However, this realm is
occasionally attacked by demons and devils who are jealous of the life here. Some
Gods who live here - Vayu Dev (God of Air), Agni Dev (God of Fire), etc.
You automatically land in heaven once you accept your non-physical existence
completely and are so much in control of yourself that you are able to make new
physical objects out of nothing. More like a minor creator.
Longevity - 4.32 billion years.
Lifespan - up to 306.72 million years.
God-Level: 10^(-7)%
Realm of Consciousness:
1. Bhuvar (Pitra) Loka (realization of existence, start/reset: solar presence)- The air,
atmosphere. The beings here don’t have a physical existence but need a medium to
exist hence, can live in the air in the form of spirits. They are everywhere on earth and
solar system and have to decide whether they are ready to leave the physical world
forever and go to Svar Loka or come back to Bhu Loka and live one more life on
earth. The beings who come back to the earth realm want to experience physical life as
Earth is the last and therefore the most fragile form of physical existence. In this Loka,
beings can observe everything - past, present & future of earth but in no way interact
with the physical world.
Longevity - 306.72 million years.
Lifespan - up to 4.32 million years.
God-Level: 10^(-8)%
2. Bhu Loka (realization of consciousness, start/reset: planetary presence)- The realm of
earth. Vibrates at medium frequency. The realm where attraction to the physical world
is still relevant and existing and you can experience it. There are many planets with life
that exist in this realm, earth being just one of those. This realm gives a balance
between attraction and liberation, prophecy and spirituality. Life on earth is alive for
just 12 hours of a day of the creator. The 12 creator hours can be divided into
14 Manvantara and each Manvantara has a total of 71 Yuga cycles. Currently, we
are in the 7th Manvantara at the 28th Yuga cycle. Each Yuga cycle longevity - 4.32
million years.
For simplicity, 12 creator hours can be divided into 1000 cycles of 4 Yuga. The 4
Yugas are:
 Satya Yuga - Age of Truth.
Longevity - 17.28 creator secs which is 1.72 million years.
The lifespan of humans - 1,00,000 years to 10,000 years (start of Yuga to end of Yuga
).
God Level: 10^(-10)%
Religion: Truth (Truth = Lie = 0)
There is no concept of right and wrong. People don't even need to speak to
communicate and rarely speak in the event of misunderstanding. Inclusive population.
Vishnu Avatars - Fish, Turtle/Tortoise, Boar, Lion
Famous Festival- Holi
 Treta Yuga - Age of Mistakes.
The lifespan of humans - 10,000 years to 1000 years.
Religion: Righteousness (Truth + Lie = 0)
Everybody does the right thing. Nature puts 2 right people against each other and
wrong is born. The right that finally dominates becomes the right thing to do in life.
Population becomes exclusive.
Vishnu Avatars - Dwarf (born with God powers), Cave Man, Ideal Human
Famous Festival - Diwali
 Dwapar Yuga - Age of enmity.
The lifespan of humans - 1000 years to 100 years.
Religion: Honour (Truth + Lie > 0)
Right and wrong are real. When people lie, they are aware they are wrong but still do
certain things because of the existence of an exclusive population who wants power,
lust, and luxury over another set of people.
Vishnu Avatars - Teacher (born with God powers), Yogi
 Kali Yuga - Age of Darkness. Currently, we are here.
The lifespan of humans - less than 100 years.
Kali Yuga is believed to have started around 17/18 Feb 3102 BCE and will end on
428,899 CE.
God Level: 10^(-13)%.
Religion: Delusion (Truth + Lie < 0)
People are ignorant of right & wrong. Whatever works is right & the truth will be
driven more by believers and less by seekers.
Vishnu Avatars - Destroyer (most advanced individual of the multiverse, will be born
with God powers around 4 Lakh years from now, Abrahamic Religions call that
Judgement Day)
The counter-theory suggests, the 4 Yugas instead of coming in a circular way comes in an
oscillating way. Therefore, every odd cycle starts from Satya Yuga and ends in Kali Yuga and
every even cycle starts with Kali Yuga and ends with Satya Yuga. Since we are at the 28th cycle
(even cycle), this is actually the Satya Yuga that has started, 5 milliseconds ago, and technology and
evolution are just proving to be one of the features. The confusion is common between people of
Satya & Kali and people of Treta & Dwapar, where exactly are we. Let our consciousness guide that.
There is another justifying theory that suggests, the Yuga-cycle is governed by Divine Years
(Heaven): 1 human year = 1 Divine Day. Therefore,
Satya Yuga - 5153 human years (lifespan: 400 yrs)

Treta Yuga - 3864 human years (lifespan: 300 yrs)
Dwapar Yuga - 2576 human years (lifespan: 200 yrs)
Kali Yuga - 1288 human years (lifespan: 100 yrs)
Adding ascending and descending yugas

= (5153 + 3864 + 2576 + 1288)*2
= 25767 human years
= Earth's Axial precession
Summary of the 7 lokas discussed above:
Realm of Underworld (Unconscious Material World):
1. Atala Loka (finite lust, start/reset: sub-planetary/lunar presence)- The beings here are
immortal, free from old age and diseases, and live a life that they ever wanted to live.
Your imagination is a reality. It is more attractive than Heaven Realms and in many
religions considered to be a true definition of Heaven. However, this is like being
locked inside one’s own imagination where after a certain limit, the path/guidance
towards true meaning starts becoming desire. Imagine listening to your same favorite
music, eating the same favorite food, talking about the same favorite things, etc. How
long will it take to frustrate you? The one who wants to seek an answer comes to Bhu
Loka. Since there is no pain or sadness here, the value of pleasure and happiness
decreases over time, and after a saturation level, being relatively lesser happy than
yesterday will be the reason to inflict pain to yourself unknowingly and this keeps
growing if not checked. Since pain doesn’t kill, pain may become a new pleasure.
2. Vitala Loka (finite ignorance, start/reset: asteroidal presence)- The beings here
generally live longer and healthy life compared to Earth. From the success angle, even
the richest on earth will be very small compared to the poorest of this realm. The idea
of spirituality is lost here and people are in a never-ending race where at no limit
anything is even sufficient for them to give satisfaction. A population of successful
people all living a highly dissatisfied life.
3. Sutala Loka (finite ego, start/reset: sub-asteroidal presence)- The beings are turning
evil to satisfy their materialistic pleasures. Right becomes Wrong and Wrong becomes
Right. Needless to say, you do the right thing. There is nothing called spirituality. It is
all about who gets the highest possession of materialistic pleasures and then calls
himself God.
4. Talatala Loka (finite hallucination, start/reset: granular presence)- The beings here
live a kind of similar life as of Atala Loka, the difference is, this time your soul is
living in someone else illusion considered to be originating from you. Your soul is
literally inside a prison now and completely unaware of it. This doesn’t mean beings
won’t be living in a castle made of precious stones built above the cloud.
5. Mahatala Loka (finite fear, start/reset: molecular presence)- A world populated by
Hooded Nagas (Hooded Snakes) who fear Garuda (Eagle). Also, a place where huge
snakes suddenly and often appear from underground and anybody can be abducted and
killed at any time. Every second is precious. Hence, beings live peacefully with each
other. The world is full of imposters though.
6. Rasatala Loka (finite darkness, start/reset: atomic presence)- The home of devils.
This is a world of constant war. If your soul doesn’t move to the above realms, there
will be infinite times you will be born and die not a good death, over and over again
for materialistic desires. Everybody hates everybody, be it even God. Even after
having most of the treasure, life here will be in scarcity.
7. Patala Loka (finite illusion, start/reset: sub-atomic presence)- The darkest place of all
the worlds. The deadliest of the snakes live here. Also, the Richest Realm keeps this
world shining. Wore by Nagas themselves. It is perceived differently by different
people. The most mysterious Loka of all. Gods say this is the most beautiful realm
existing. Demons on the other hand couldn’t even speak what they experienced - like a
shattered soul.
Therefore, the above 14 Lokas constitute 14 worlds of Brahma (creator) as mentioned in Bhagavata
Purana. Note that Shiva Purana talks about additional 42 Lokas (realms) that exist beyond our
universe.
CALCULATION OF TIME:
1 creator second = 1,00,000 human years.

1 creator minute = 60 creator seconds.
1 creator hour = 60 creator minutes.
1 creator day = 24 creator hours - 12hrs with life, 12hrs without life.
1 creator year = 360 creator days.
Total duration of 4 Yuga (Yuga-cycle) = 43.2 creator seconds.

12 creator hours = 3600*12/43.2 = 1000 cycles of 4 Yuga.
a) There are 14 Manvantara each with 71 Yuga cycles

= 14*71
= 994 cycles of 4 Yuga
b) Between each Manvantara transition, there is a time period of inactivity which is

called Sandhya
= 14+1
= 15 Sandhya.
Each transition (Sandhya) has a gap of 0.4 of 1 cycle of 4 Yugas.

Therefore, 15 Sandhyas
= 15*0.4
= 6 cycles of 4 Yuga.
Total = 994 cycles + 6 cycles

= 1000 cycles of 4 Yuga
= 12 hrs of the creator.
Currently we are at:

a) 6 Manvantara passed = 6*71
b) each Manvantara transition = 7*0.4
c) 7th Manvantara 28th cycle = 28 * 1 - 0.1
= 426 + 2.8 + 27.9
= 456.7 cycles of 4 Yuga.
So, 456.7 cycles of 4 Yuga

= 456.7*12/1000
= 5.4804 creator hrs
= 19729.44 creator secs.
19729.44 creator seconds + 5.122 milliseconds passed from 3102 BCE (start of Kali Yuga
period) till 2020
= 19729.49122 * 10^5 human years
= 1,972,949,122 years
= 1.97 billion years
= age of earth.
Hence, the total number of times life already started and ended just on earth
= 6*71*4 + 27*4 + 3
= 1815 times
Similarly, since the creator is 50 years 5.4804 hours old

= 155.5 trillion years
= age of the universe
= time left before the universe dies since the universe is exactly halfway in time.
Time left before all forms of life extinct completely from the earth
= 12 hrs creator day - time already spent on earth
= 4.32 - 1.97
Time left before our complete solar system gets destroyed

= 2.35 + 4.32 (12 hrs creator night)
Time left before our entire galaxy or local group gets destroyed
= 3.10 trillion years
Therefore, since 1st day of the 51st year has just started thereby, deleting most of the previous
existence and creating new ones, it is not amusing why even the universe seems to appear like
just born when actually it is way older. We are right now existing at the time of the birthday of
the creator/universe. Happy Birthday!
CALCULATION OF SIZE:
If we change the Kardashev scale parameter of measurement from energy to population & lifespan:
a) 74 trillion humans working together as a cell in our body will be equal to the creator himself.
For reference, 37 trillion cells make up the human body.
b) Even with the best scenario with 4 times the current population of 7.8 billion which is 31.1 billion
people, we can become an intergalactic civilization (Mahar Loka, possibly, a local group or little
beyond that).
This too is the limit set by science even if mankind has a glorious future, we are limited to a local
group. We are limited to 10^(-13) part of the universe.
c) Local group has a diameter of 10 million light-years. Hence, the diameter of the universe
= 10 million * 10^13
= 10^20 light-years in diameter.
Observable universe has diameter of 93 billion light years

= 9.3 * 10^(-8) %
= 10^(-7) % of the universe.
Hence. we can say, if the universe is of the size of earth, the observable universe will be the size of
10 tennis balls.
This is a brief view of our universe.
This is how Multiverse looks with each universe having its own creator.
This is beyond Multiverse.

Complete picture:
Summary:
Hinduism summarised:
1. Sruti (knowledge heard of):
a) 4 Vedas (beyond words)- hymn, rituals, enlightenment, magical spells, etc.

b) 108 Upanishads (sustained development)- universal government, rules, diplomacy,

law & justice, common goal, etc.
c) 6 Vedangas (language of universe) - communication, exact knowledge preservation
technique through generations, etymology, astrology, astronomy, pattern recognition,
etc.
2. Smriti (preserved knowledge):
a) 4 Upa Vedas (higher studies, specialization)- arts, science, medicine, trade, skill
development, etc.
b) 2 Epics (history, lessons) - Ramayana (truth & lie) and Mahabharata (honour & war
strategy)
c) 18 Puranas (philosophies of the universe) - life, evolution, god, the universe,
multiverse, existence, inevitably etc.
d) 18 Upapuranas (counter-arguments) - Minor Puranas
e) Sutras - the exploration of body, mind & soul.
f) Shastras - orthodox traditions and techniques.
g) Summary - Bhagavad Gita
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6. Is there any science behind narad muni travelling through multiple universes
and even indian gods?
7.
8. My guru once told me that Narada Muni travels all over the universe on the sound of his
vina. If you know the science of vibrating sound and mantras the proper way you can do
that :)
9. The Vedic Version states that all creation evolves from sound. First there is sound and
sound produces space or ether. It even says in the Bible - first there was the word. So all
the elements of matter proceed from sound. It goes from subtle to gross - ahankara or
false ego, intelligence, mind, air, fire, water and earth. These 8 elements and their
qualities or senses constitute matter. The sense of space is sound. The sense of air is
feeling. The sense of fire is form. The sense of water is taste. The sense of earth is smell.
Also, the quality of an element is present in the one that comes after it.
10. That's how the yogis and sages of former times had what we today would call
supernatural powers. But it's not supernatural. It's completely natural. You just have to
know the science behind it. When you know the right sounds, you can create or dissolve
matter. This is known to some degree in modern science after it was observed that certain
sound frequencies can splinter glass. And the Bible describes how the walls of Jerico
were crumbled by sound.
11. So, the Shruti portion of the Vedas contain mantras, knowing which, one can manipulate
matter. Obviously, this only works when the mantra or the sound is pronounced exactly
right. That's why you need to learn this from a living teacher. Shruti means that which is
heard. You have to hear the mantra and learn how to pronounce it, in order for the sound
of the mantra to have the desired effect. For instance, the Bhagavat Purana documents an
event, where the brahmanas or the sages killed king Vena by uttering sounds.
12. Now, the shmriti portion of the Vedas contain the philosophy and theology, the moral and
ethics and the histories of ancient India. Smriti means that which is remembered. You can
learn about philosophy and religion by hearing it from someone who has remembered it.
Your understanding of what is being taught is not dependent on the the correct
pronunciation of the Sanskrit. You simply have to remember it, and it will work even
though you don't utter the language or the words in a certain way.
13. That's also why the Sanskrit of the Vedas is different in the shruti and the shmriti.
14. Some scholars have suggested that it shows the Sanskrit has changed over time, but that
is pure speculation without any support in the Vedic tradition. According to the Vedic
tradition, what is seen is simply two types of Sanskrit in shruti and shmriti.
15. The shruti mantras are to be pronounced exactly precise, in order for them to work. The
shmriti mantras just have to be remembered. Philosophy, theology, religion and history
you remember. Mantras to kill people or to create strong winds and rain, or fire, or
whatever, have to be pronounced exactly correct. Kardama Muni created an entire
mansion in the sky by sound vibrations. That happened in Satya-yuga, several million
years ago when the science of uttering mantras were known to the Vedic sages.
16.
17. The 14 Lokas Of Hinduism 🚩
18. Lok is a Sanskrit term meaning "world" or "a particular division of the Universe."
19. The most common division of the universe in Hinduism is the Trailokya (tri-lok):
Heaven (Swarg), Earth (Martya) and Netherworld (Patal)
20.
21. In the Puranas and the Atharvaveda, there are 14 worlds are enumerated: 7 above
the earth (Vyahrtis) and 7 below (Pātālas)
22. 14 Lokas: (7 Upper)
23. 1.Satya-Lok (Brahma-Lok)
24. 2.Tapa-Lok
25. 3.Jana-Lok
26. 4.Mahar-Lok
27. 5.Svar-Lok (Svarga-Loka)
28. 6.Bhuvar-Lok
29. 7.Bhu-Lok
30. (7 Lower)
31. 8.Atala-lok
32. 9.Vitala-lok
33. 10. Sutala-lok
34. 11.Talatala-lok
35. 12. Mahatala-lok
36. 13. Rasatala-lok
37. 14. Patala-lok
38. The Earth is thought to be the lowest of the seven higher worlds. The other higher
worlds are home to Brahma, the sons of Brahma, other gods and goddesses, rishis,
sages and the sun. The seven lower worlds are home mostly to demons and foes.
39. The world that humans currently live in is called bhu-lok, the root, associated with
the muladhara (root) chakra.
40. The 7 Vyahrtis (Heavens or Upperworlds):
41. 1 Satya-Lok: Brahma’s Lok or Satya-Lok planetary system is not eternal. Abode of
Truth or of Brahma, where atman are released from the necessity of rebirth.
42. 2 Tapa-Lok : Abode of tapas or of other deities. Ayohnija Devadas live here.
43. 3 -Jana-Lok : Abode of the sons of God Brahma.
44. 4 -Mahar-Lok : The abode of great sages and enlightened beings like Markendeya
and other rishis.
45. 5 -Svar-Lok : Region between the sun and polar star, the heaven of the god Indra.
where all the 33 Koti Hindu gods (Deva) reside along with the king of gods, Indra.
46. 6 - Bhuvar-Lok (Pitri Loka): Sun, planets, stars. Space between earth and the sun,
inhabited by semi-divine beings. It is a real region, the atmosphere, the life-force.
47. 7- Bhur-Lok: The Vishnu Purana says that the earth is merely one of the thousands of
billions of inhabited worlds like itself to be found in the universe.
48. The 7 Patalas (Netherworld ):
49. 1- Atala-Lok: Atala is ruled by Bala – a son of Maya – who possesses mystical powers.
50. 2 Vitala-Lok: Vitala is ruled by the god Hara-Bhava – a form of Shiva, The residents of
this realm are adorned with gold from this region.
51. 3- Sutala-Lok : Sutala is the kingdom of the pious demon king Bali.
52. 4- Talatala-Lok : Talātala is the realm of the demon-architect Maya. Shiva, as

Tripurantaka, destroyed the 3 cities of Maya but was later pleased with Maya and
gave him this realm and promised to protect him.
53. 5 -Rasatala-Lok : Rasātala is the home of the demons-Danavas and Daityas, who are
mighty but cruel. They are the eternal foes of Devas (the gods). They live in holes like
serpents.
54. 6- Mahatala-Lok : Mahātala is the abode of many-hooded Nagas (serpents)
55. 7- Patala-Loka: The lowest realm is called Patala or Nagaloka, the region of the
Nagas, ruled by Vasuki. Here live several Nagas with many hoods. Each of their hood
is decorated by a jewel, whose light illuminates this realm.
List of astras[edit]
Astras are most common in the Ramayana and Mahabharata, and feature in the battles described in
each epic. While they typically take the form of arrows, astras could take the form of any object. For
example, Ashvatthama invoked the Brahmashirsha astra into a blade of grass to use as his
weapon.[6][7]
Arjuna gifts the Agneyastra to the Gandharva
Typ
Name Deity Astradhari Notes
e
One of the
most
powerful as
tra in the
Mahabhara
Brahmastra Brahma Ashvatthama , Arjuna, Karna, Rama ta. Only
weapon
capable of
piercing
Brahma's
armor.
Four times
more
powerful
than
Brahmastra
. Has the
Brahmashirsh Agnivesha, Parshurama, Arjuna, Karna, Ashwa power to
Brahma
a Astra tthama eradicate
any desired
entity of the
Universe or
even the
Universe
itself
Typ
e
Strongest
weapon of
Brahma.
Capable of
absorbing
Brahmastra
and
Brahmandastr Brahmashir
Brahma Vasishtha
a sha when
used in
defense. If
used for
attacking
can
erdicate all
14 lokas.
Most
powerful
weapon
Trishula Trident Shiva Durga
according
to Shaiva tr
aditions.
Can only
be stopped
Spinnin by Vishnu's
Sudarshana g command.[8
Vishnu Krishna
Chakra Celesti ][9]
Used to
al Disc behead
Shishupala
.[10]
Would
summon a
Aindrastra Arrows Indra Arjuna
shower of
arrows
from the
Typ
e
sky, like
rain.
Could be
used only
once. Used
Vasavi Shakti Indra Karna
by Karna to
kill Ghatotk
acha.
Causes the
afflicted to
Prasvapastra Vasus Bhishma fall asleep
on the
battlefield.
Emitted
Parshurama, Rama, Bhishma, Dronacharya, K inextinguis
Agneyastra Agni
arna, Arjuna, Ashvatthama, Kripacharya hable
flames.
Released
large
torrents of
Rama, Indrajit, Ravana, Lakshman, Bhishma, D water.
Varunastra Varuna
rona, Karna, Arjuna Used to
counter the
Agneyastra
.
Overcomes
spiritual
protection,
Manavastra Manu Rama can carry
the target
far away,
and can
inspire
Typ
e
humanity in
evil beings.
Noose
which gods
were
Varunapasha Noose Varuna Rama, Indrajit, Arjuna, Karna, Bhishma, Drona
incapable
of
escaping.
Could
create
deep
Bhaumastra Bhūmi Arjuna
tunnels and
summon
jewels.
Launches a
Parash large
Bhargavastra Arrows Karna
urama quantity of
arrows.
Arrow that
never
missed and
The Na
Nagastra Arrow Many transforms
gas
into the
form of a
snake.
Bound the
target in
The
Nagapasha Indrajit, Karna live
Nagas
venomous
snakes.
Typ
e
Used to
defend
Garudastra Garuda Rama, Arjuna
against the
Nagastra.[11]
Used to kill
Anjalika Indra Lakshmana, Arjuna Indrajit and
Karna.
Brings
about
storms
Vayvyastra Vayu Ashvatthama, Arjuna, Indrajit, Rama which can
lift armies
off the
ground.
Creates
bright light
which
Suryastra Surya Karna dispels
darkness
and dries
up water.
Flaming
weapon
Maghavan Indra Arjuna used to
create
illusions.[12]
Target
would be
Thund
Vajra Indra Arjuna struck with
erbolt
bolts of
lightning.[13]
Typ
e
Dispels
nearby
Mohini Mohini Arjuna illusions
and
sorcery
Causes
armies to
fight
Tvashtra Tvashtri Arjuna
among
each
other.[14]
Causes
Sammohana/ Gandha armies to
Arjuna, Dhrishtadyumna
Pramohana rvas fall into a
trance.
Causes a
mountain
Parvatastra Arjuna
to fall from
the sky.
Creates a
shower of
arrows and
discs. Only
way to
Narayanastra Vishnu Drona, Ashwatthama
escape is
submission
to the
weapon.[15][1
6]
Vaishnavastra Vishnu Bhagadatta, Arjuna, Rama Completely

destroys
Typ
e
the
target.[17][18]
Destroys
whole
Kaumodaki armies.
Mace Vishnu Krishna
Gada Used to kill
Dantavakra
.
Sharanga Bow Vishnu Rama, Krishna
Indestructib
le blade
Nandaka Sword Vishnu Krishna used to kill
countless
demons.
Name
means
Raudrastra Shiva Karna
"furious" in
Sanskrit.
Used by
Shiva to
liberate the
creatures
Pashupatastra Shiva Arjuna of earth.
Cannot be
possessed
by ordinary
humans.
Broken by
Pinaka Bow Shiva Parashurama, Janaka
Rama.
Typ
e
Its
bowstring
cannot be
Vijaya Bow Shiva Parashurama, Vasusena, Karna
broken.
Used to kill
Tripura.
Contains
the power
of Shiva's
third eye.
Maheshwaras
Shiva Fires a
tra
beam
which turns
the target
to ash.
Given to
Parashura
ma due to
Parashu Axe Shiva Parashurama, Ganesha
his
devotion to
Shiva.
Name
means
"laughter of
the moon",
Chandrahasa Sword Shiva Ravana referring to
the
crescent
shape of
the moon.
Hanum
Gadaa Mace Hanuman, Bhima, Duryodhana, Sugriva
an
Typ
e
Decorated
with gold
Gandiva Bow Brahma Prajapati, Indra, Soma, Varuna, Arjuna and had
radiant
ends.
Guided by
Sabda-veda Arjuna source of
sound
Capable of
making
Antardhyana Kubera Arjuna objects and
people
disappear.
Used to
restore the
Prajnastra Arjuna, Drona
senses of a
person.
Used to
pierce the
earth,
bringing
Parjanyastra Arjuna forth water
to
quench Bhi
shma's
thirst.[19]
Obtained
when
Teja Prabha Surya Arjuna Arjuna
visited
heaven.
Typ
e
Vel Spear Shakti Kartikeya
Used to
make
Sailastra Rama, Krishna, Indrajit, Arjuna, Karna heavy
winds
disappear.
Capable of
Visoshana Indra Arjuna drying
anything.[20]
Capable of
Jyotiksha
Surya Arjuna dispelling
Astra
darkness.
Released
Sauparna Susharma
wild birds.
Reputed to
be
Govardhana Bow Vishnu Vidura
indestructib
le.
Made
Kavasa
Armor Surya Karna, Indra completely
Kundalam
of amrita.
In the folklore of western India, Barbarika is believed to have been a character in the Mahabharata,
regarded to have possessed weapons referred to as "teen baan", which were capable of ending
the Kurukshetra War all on their own. It is unknown whether these were regarded as astras in
regional tradition.
Vedic Cosmology
Vedic cosmology is one of five primary topics addressed in ancient Sanskrit histories
known as Puranas. This includes (1) universal creation by the Superconsciousness
(Vishnu), and (2) subsequent creation by Superhuman beings (chiefly Brahma).
Vedic cosmology is a vast science with a comprehensive understanding of our universe

that far surpasses the views currently presented by modern science. If you’re tempted to
write off Vedic cosmology as mere mythology, you should first consider the following:
1. The Origin of the Universe—the Puranic date for the Big Bang. The generation of this
universe by the Superconsciousness — is 13.819 billion years ago. The current estimate
within the scientific community is 13.801 billion years ago.
2. The age of the sun according to the Puranas is 4.563 billion years. The current estimate
within the scientific community is 4.567 billion years ago.
3. Earth’s greatest mass extinction – the Permian mass extinction is recorded in the
Puranas as happening 251.152 million years ago. The current estimate within the scientific
community is 251.9 million years ago.
In this way, the universal timeline of Vedic cosmology closely matches the timeline of
modern science. In addition, the Puranas accurately describe many, many other
scientific phenomena that have only recently been understood in contemporary
scientific circles, such as:
 The sun’s future evolution into a Red Giant, and its ultimate explosion into planetary
nebulae
 The various stages of fetal development of a human infant in the womb
 The first appearance of life on Earth
 The cyclic nature of the Universe
 The time period for the initial formation of stars within the Universe
Billions of dollars and trillions of hours went into these scientific discoveries, each
of which was viewed as ground-breaking in its time. But all of this information has been
known to the sages of ancient India since many millenia, long before the technological
advancements took place which enabled contemporary scientists to achieve these
discoveries through arduous research and experimentation.
LEARN MORE: Author Sidharth Chhabra has extensively documented the many
scientific proofs for the accuracy and reliability of the Puranic record in his book, The
Big Bang and the Sages.
Life On Other Planets
The Puranas describe a universe teeming with a variety of life. This goes against the
notion that our human race is the only sentient life in space. In the Bhagavad gita it is
said that living beings are sarva-gataḥ — they are everywhere. As consciousness, not
matter, is the fundamental building block of all existence, it makes sense that conscious
life would be found all over the universe.
On this planet earth, lifeforms have been found in even the most extreme of conditions:
 In the desert. The Velvet mesquite is a shrub native to Arizona’s sonoran desert, where
the annual rainfall is as low as 3 in. per year. It survives by shooting its roots more than
160 ft. under ground. Another desert plant, the creosote bush, survives by cloning itself.
One bush in California’s Mojave desert is estimated to be 11,700 years old.
 Miles under the ocean. The nightmarish fangtooth is a deep-sea aquatic whose habitat
is around 6,500 ft. beneath the ocean’s surface, where temperatures are below -32° F and
the water pressure is 3,000+ psi.
 In the stratosphere. Rüppell’s griffon vulture is the highest flying bird on modern
record, with a top flight of 37,000 ft. They can spot carrion on land from thousands of feet
in the air.
The Puranas describe our universe as consisting of three major planes, which are
divided further into fourteen subdivisions. Each region of the universe is inhabited by
different types of living organisms that possess a body suitable for their environment.
The Puranas were compiled by residents of the upper realms within our universe, who
inhabit a multi-dimensional existence much more rarefied and technologically
sophisticated than our planet earth
The Vedic Universe
Taking the plane of the ecliptic and extending it to the edge of our solar system, the
Puranas describe that our Earth planet sits within the universe in the middle of these
fourteen sub-planes, with six higher realms and seven realms below.
In the famous TV series Cosmos, astronomer Carl Sagan admits that the Vedas of India
are the only ancient text “in which the time scales correspond to those of modern
scientific cosmology.” In addition, the well-known Harvard professor Alan Watts
applauded the Vedic point of view for its advanced concepts in physics and space-time:
“To the philosophers of India, however, Relativity is no new discovery, just as the
concept of light years is no matter for astonishment to people used to thinking of time
in millions of kalpas.”
Brahma the Cosmic Engineer
Brahma is the first created being within the universe. He is like the CTO of the cosmos,
and he possesses a body composed of information. Brahma is given a blueprint for
creation by Vishnu, and based on this information he proceeds to create the universe, in
accordance with natural laws.
Due to time dilation, Brahma has an experience of time that vastly differs from that of
people on Earth. The life span of Brahma is a mere 100 years, and yet these 100 years
last 333 trillion years of the human race. Each day of Brahma is 4.32 billion of our
human years, or the equivalent of 1,000 kalpas, also known as yuga cycles. At present
we have recentlIn the Bhagavad gita, we find a brief description of Brahma and his role
in the unfolding of the universe:
sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ

rātriṁ yuga-sahasrāntāṁ te ’ho-rātra-vido janāḥ
avyaktād vyaktayaḥ sarvāḥ prabhavanty ahar-āgame
rātry-āgame pralīyante tatraivāvyakta-saṁjñake
bhūta-grāmaḥ sa evāyaṁ bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate
rātry-āgame ’vaśaḥ pārtha prabhavaty ahar-āgame
“By human calculation, a thousand ages taken together form the duration of one day
of Brahma, and such also is the duration of his night. At the beginning of a day of
Brahma, all living entities become manifest from the unmanifest state, and thereafter,
when the night falls, they are merged into the unmanifest again. Again and again,
when the onset of a day of Brahma arrives, all living entities come into being, and with
the arrival of Brahma’s night they are helplessly annihilated.” (Bhagavad gita 8.17-19)
The Fourteen Sub-planes of Our Solar System
The Bhagavata Purana provides a detailed account of how Brahma divides our solar
system into fourteen layered planes of existence, or lokas, for the various forms of life.
Our Earth planet sits in the middle, and there are six planes above and seven below.
Below is a top-down view of the fourteen lokas:
Satya-loka: This is the plane of existence of Brahma and other highly elevated beings.
Tapa-loka: This is the plane directly below Satya-loka, which is home to perfected
yogis.
Jana-loka: On this plane reside the sons of Brahma who are all great sages.
Mahar-loka: This is the plane below Jana-loka, which is also home to great sages,
mystics, and teachers of religion. Residents of this plane regularly descend to our Earth
planet to instruct human beings in religious principles.
Svar-loka: The beings on Svar-loka, also known as Svarga, include the devatas, or
demi-gods who serve as administrative heads of various departments within the solar
system. There are numerous planets within this region and the residents enjoy a
standard of life thousands of times more pleasurable than the richest people on Earth.
Bhuvar-loka: This is the plane inhabited by departed spirits who lacked the merits
required to enter the heavenly realm of Svar-loka. Nonetheless, Bhuvar-loka is more
elevated than our plane of Bhur-loka — planet Earth and its neighboring worlds. As
such, there is far less suffering for the pious souls who take birth on Bhuvar-loka.
Bhur-loka: This plane of existence includes our Earth planet as well as many similar
worlds.
Atala-loka: This is the first sub-plane below the earthly plane. The residents of Atala
also experience an intensified grade of sensual pleasure, like the residents of Svarga.
They have mystic powers and practice a type of black magic.
Vitala-loka: Below Atala is Vitala-loka, where ghosts and other frightening creatures
reside.
Sutala-loka and Talatala-loka: Sutala and Talatala are other sub-earthly realms
where residents enjoy heaven-like pleasures.
Mahatala-loka: This realm is inhabited by snake-like humanoids who are expert in

the art of concocting potent intoxicants.
Rasatala-loka: Rasatala is home to the Daityas, the enemies of the Demi-gods. They
are powerful beings who live according to the philosophy of “might is right.”
Patala-loka: This is another plane inhabited by the snake-like nagas who enjoy
intoxicating drinks and other substances far more effective than what is available on our
Earth planet.
Vaikuntha: The Spiritual Sky
Vedic cosmology describes that beyond this mundane universe is the spiritual universe
of Vaikuntha. There we find a similar hierarchy of planets and variety of living beings,
but the difference is that everyone accepts the preeminence of Vishnu and happily
serves Him, recognizing Him as the source of all consciousness and manifest reality.
Unlike the endless cycle of creation and destruction of the material cosmos, the
Vaikuntha planets are eternal. The inhabitants there never experience birth, disease, old
age, or death. This is the chief distinction between matter and spirit. Matter is
temporarily manifested only to be destroyed, but spirit is eternal. The creation of the
cosmic universe and its eventual annihilation mirrors the creation and destruction of
the individual body inhabited by the spirit soul.
Beyond Vaikuntha: Goloka Vrindavana
The Bhagavata Purana and other Vedic texts reveal that the spiritual universe of
Vaikuntha contains unlimited spiritual planets, each headed by a form of Vishnu who is
adored and worshiped by the planet’s inhabitants. The competition for power, influence,
and fame that goes on here on Earth is an attempt by the living being to imitate the all-
powerful status of Vishnu. However, such attempts are always doomed to fail, for the
living being cannot withstand the force of time, culminating in death.
Beyond this unlimited spiritual universe filled with Vaikuntha planets, at the very apex
of existence, is the spiritual planet of Goloka Vrindavana, home to the original
Superconscious person, Sri Krishna. According to the Vedas, Krishna is the ultimate
origin of Vishnu, and in Goloka Krishna enjoys supremely sweet activities of love with
His many devotees
Further Reading
The Puranas contain many historical accounts of the history of our universe. The
following articles provide information about the four Puranic ages: Satya Yuga, Treta
Yuga, Dvapara Yuga, and Kali Yuga.
Why are there seven gates to Lord Vishnu's abode Vaikuntha

instead of a single gate? What is the significance?
Vaikuntha ,Vaikunthaloka, Vishnuloka, Paramam padam or Nitya Vibhuti is the celestial

abode of Vishnu who is one of the principal deities of Hinduism and the supreme being in
its Vaishnavism tradition.
Vaikuntha is an abode exclusive to him, his consort the goddess Lakshmi and other
liberated souls that have gained moksha. They are blessed with pure bliss and happiness in
the company of the supreme being for all eternity. According to Ramanuja, Parama
padam or Nitya Vibhuti is eternal heavenly realm and is the divine imperishable world that is
the God's abode. It is the highest state beyond all worlds and nothing else beyond it.
Version 1
There are 14 "Lokas" or universes mentioned in Hindu scriptures. 6 are below or on one side
of the universe we live in and 7 are above or on the other side.
The 7 universes above are referred to as Bhu:, Bhuva: Suva: Maha: Jana: Thapa: and Satya
Loka. This is there in Gayatri Mantra too. Each door opens to an universe. When you pass
through each of the universe above, after passing through the 7th door, you reach Satya
Loka or the Brahman or Lord Vishnu. I think that is the significance of going through the
Sapta Dwara to get the Darshan of Lord Vishnu.
Version 2
Seven entrances or seven doors are a reference to the mystical plexuses or lotuses of yoga -
the muldhara, svadhisthana, manipura, anahata, visuddha, ajna, and sahasrara. It is only after
one has gone through each one of these lotuses that the Lord is seen.
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How does Vaikuntha look like?
HARE KRISHNA
The following information is based on canto 2,3,4,5,10 and 11 of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and book
1 of Shri Vishnu Mahapurana.
(1) Vaikuntha Loka is the supreme adobe where Shriman Narayana, the supreme personality of
godhead resides with the Supreme Mother Mata MahaLakshmi. In Vaikuntha Loka all the pure
devotees of Shree Hari also resides in its spiritual planets. All the residents of material planets
worship them. Whosoever enters Vaikuntha leaves there eternally with Lord Vishnu.
SB 3.15.13: After thus traveling all over the universes, they also entered into the spiritual sky, for
they were freed from all material contamination. In the spiritual sky there are spiritual planets
known as Vaikuṇṭhas, which are the residence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His
pure devotees and are worshiped by the residents of all the material planets.
SB 4.12.26: Dear King Dhruva, neither your forefathers nor anyone else before you ever achieved
such a transcendental planet. The planet known as Viṣṇuloka, where Lord Viṣṇu personally
resides, is the highest of all. It is worshipable by the inhabitants of all other planets within the
universe. Please come with us and live there eternally.
(2) There are 7 gates in the the Vaikuntha puri made of gold and diamond. For having Darshan
of Lord Narayana and Maa Lakshmi, one has to pass through the 7 entrances. The 6 gates are
guarded by sages .On the 7th gate, two doorkeepers who are twins known as Jaya and Vijaya
(armed with maces) are present.
SB 3.15.27: After passing through the six entrances of Vaikuṇṭha-purī, the Lord’s
residence, without feeling astonishment at all the decorations, they saw at the seventh gate two
shining beings of the same age, armed with maces and adorned with most valuable jewelry,
earrings, diamonds, helmets, garments, etc.
SB 3.15.29: The great sages, headed by Sanaka, had opened doors everywhere. They had no idea
of “ours” and “theirs.” With open minds, they entered the seventh door out of their own will, just as
they had passed through the six other doors, which were made of gold and diamonds.
(3) In Vaikuntha , Lord Narayana sits in a throne with Mata MahaLakshmi surrounded by
different energies like the four, the sixteen, the five, and the six natural opulences, along with
other insignificant energies of the temporary character.
SB 2.9.17 : The Lord was seated on His throne and was surrounded by different energies like the
four, the sixteen, the five, and the six natural opulences, along with other insignificant energies of the
temporary character. But He was the factual Supreme Lord, enjoying His own abode.
(4) All the residents living in all the spiritual planets of Vaikuntha Loka are similar in appearance
and form to Lord Narayana himself. They do selfless devotion of Lord MahaVishnu.
SB 3.15.14: In the Vaikuṇṭha planets all the residents are similar in form to the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. They all engage in devotional service to the Lord without desires for sense
gratification.
(5) In Vaikuntha planets, innumerable auspicious forests are present in which all the trees are
always filled with flowers and fruits.
SB 3.15.16: In those Vaikuṇṭha planets there are many forests which are very auspicious. In those
forests the trees are desire trees, and in all seasons they are filled with flowers and fruits because
everything in the Vaikuṇṭha planets is spiritual and personal.
(6) The walls in Vaikuntha Loka are made of marble and are bedecked with golden borders and
the ladies present in Vaikuntha are as beautiful as goddess of fortunes and plays with lotus
flowers.
SB 3.15.21: The ladies in the Vaikuṇṭha planets are as beautiful as the goddess of fortune
herself. Such transcendentally beautiful ladies, their hands playing with lotuses and their leg bangles
tinkling, are sometimes seen sweeping the marble walls, which are bedecked at intervals with
golden borders, in order to receive the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
(7) In the Vaikuṇṭha Loka there is complete harmony between the residents and the Supreme
Lord Narayana, just as there is complete harmony within space between the big and the small
skies.
SB 3.15.33 : In the Vaikuṇṭha world there is complete harmony between the residents and the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, just as there is complete harmony within space between the big
and the small skies.
(8) The inhabitants of the Vaikuṇṭha planets are described as having a glowing sky-bluish
complexion. Their eyes resemble lotus flowers, their dress is of yellowish color, and their bodily
features very attractive. They are just the age of growing youths, they all have four hands, they
are all nicely decorated with pearl necklaces with ornamental medallions, and they all appear to
be effulgent. Many are effulgent in complexion just like coral and diamonds and they blooms
like lotus flowers.
SB 2.9.11: The inhabitants of the Vaikuṇṭha planets are described as having a glowing sky-bluish
complexion. Their eyes resemble lotus flowers, their dress is of yellowish color, and their bodily
features very attractive. They are just the age of growing youths, they all have four hands, they are
all nicely decorated with pearl necklaces with ornamental medallions, and they all appear to be
effulgent.
SB 2.9.12: Some of them are effulgent like coral and diamonds in complexion and have garlands
on their heads, blooming like lotus flowers, and some wear earrings.
(9) There are many airplanes (made of emerald,gold and lapis lazuli) in Vaikuntha being flew by
its inhabitants along with their consorts. While flying the airplanes, the constantly sing the
glories of Lord Vishnu and are always engaged in Harikatha. The whole place is adored with
with blossoming fragnant Madhavi flowers.
SB 3.15.17: In the Vaikuṇṭha planets the inhabitants fly in their airplanes, accompanied by their
wives and consorts, and eternally sing of the character and activities of the Lord, which are
always devoid of all inauspicious qualities. While singing the glories of the Lord, they deride even
the presence of the blossoming mādhavī flowers, which are fragrant and laden with honey.
SB 3.15.20: The inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha travel in their airplanes made of lapis lazuli, emerald
and gold. Although crowded by their consorts, who have large hips and beautiful smiling faces, they
cannot be stimulated to passion by their mirth and beautiful charms.
SB 3.15.26: Thus the great sages, Sanaka, Sanātana, Sanandana and Sanat-kumāra, upon reaching the
above-mentioned Vaikuṇṭha in the spiritual world by dint of their mystic yoga performance,
perceived unprecedented happiness. They found that the spiritual sky was illuminated by highly
decorated airplanes piloted by the best devotees of Vaikuṇṭha and was predominated by the
Supreme Personality of Godhead.
(10) In Vaikuntha Loka, even beessing Glories of the Lord and whenever the King of the bees
starts singing the glories of Lord Krishna then all the transcendental birds including pigeon,
cuckoo, crane, cakravaka, swan, parrot ,partridge, peacock, etc stops making their own noises
and silently listens to the glories of Lord with utmost devotion.
SB 3.15.18: When the king of bees hums in a high pitch, singing the glories of the Lord, there is a
temporary lull in the noise of the pigeon, the cuckoo, the crane, the cakravāka, the swan, the parrot,
the partridge and the peacock. Such transcendental birds stop their own singing simply to hear
the glories of the Lord.
(11) There are many transcental flowering plants in Vaikuntha like parijata mandāra, kunda,
kurabaka, utpala, campaka, arṇa, punnāga, nāgakeśara, bakula and lily. Out of all of them Tulasi
plants are given special importance because Lord Narayana wears garlands made of Tulasi
leaves and also because Tulasi Mata is one of the wives of Lord Vishnu.
SB 3.15.19: Although flowering plants like the mandāra, kunda, kurabaka, utpala, campaka, arṇa,
punnāga, nāgakeśara, bakula, lily and pārijāta are full of transcendental fragrance, they are still
conscious of the austerities performed by tulasī, for tulasī is given special preference by the Lord,
who garlands Himself with tulasī leaves.
(12) Many Transcdental ladies present in Vaikuntha worship Lord Narayana in their gardens
present on the transcedental river banks made of coral by offering him Tulasi leaves. When
they see their faces in the lake, they appear more beautiful.
SB 3.15.22: The goddesses of fortune worship the Lord in their own gardens by offering tulasī
leaves on the coral-paved banks of transcendental reservoirs of water. While offering worship to
the Lord, they can see on the water the reflection of their beautiful faces with raised noses, and it
appears that they have become more beautiful because of the Lord's kissing their faces.
(13) The Vaikuntha planets begin 26,200,000 yojanas (209,600,000 miles) above Satyaloka.
SB 5.23.9: The body of the Supreme Lord, Vishnu which forms the Sisumara Cakra is the resting
place of all the demigods and all the stars and planets. One who chants this mantra to worship that
Supreme Person three times a day — morning, noon and evening — will surely be freed from all
sinful reactions. If one simply offers his obeisances to this form or remembers this form three times a
day, all his recent sinful activities will be destroyed.
PURPORT — Above Dhruvaloka by 10,000,000 yojanas is Maharloka, above Maharloka by

20,000,000 yojanas is Janaloka, above Janaloka by 80,000,000 yojanas is Tapoloka, and above
Tapoloka by 120,000,000 yojanas is Satyaloka. Thus the distance from the sun to Satyaloka is
233,800,000 yojanas, or 1,870,400,000 miles. The Vaikuntha planets begin 26,200,000 yojanas
(209,600,000 miles) above Satyaloka.
(14) The Vaikuntha planets are self effulgent by whose radiance all other planets of material
universe give off their reflected light. (Meaning — all other planets are not self effulgent but
they actually gets and reflect the effulgence of Vaikuntha planets.)
SB 4.12.36: The self-effulgent Vaikuṇṭha planets, by whose illumination alone all the
illuminating planets within this material world give off reflected light, cannot be reached by
those who are not merciful to other living entities. Only persons who constantly engage in welfare
activities for other living entities can reach the Vaikuṇṭha planets.
(15) The Vaikuṇṭha planets are also surrounded by various airplanes belonging to the great
mahātmās or devotees of the Lord.The ladies are as beautiful as lightning because of their
celestial complexions, and all these combined together appear just like the sky decorated with
both clouds and lightning.
SB 2.9.13: The Vaikuṇṭha planets are also surrounded by various airplanes, all glowing and
brilliantly situated. These airplanes belong to the great mahātmās or devotees of the Lord. The
ladies are as beautiful as lightning because of their celestial complexions, and all these combined
together appear just like the sky decorated with both clouds and lightning.
(16) The bodies of residents of Vaikuntha have pure,transcedental and spiritual forms. They don't
have material body.
SB 4.1.35 The bodies of the inhabitants of Vaikuṇṭha are completely spiritual, having nothing
to do with the material body, senses or life air. Therefore, kindly explain how associates of the
Personality of Godhead were cursed to descend in material bodies like ordinary persons.
(17) Vaikuntha is the personal adobe of Shree Hari and is above all the planets or lokas. All
residents of Vaikuntha are self realised people freed from all kinds of miseries, material desires
and fear of illusory existence.
SB 2.9.9: The Personality of Godhead, being thus very much satisfied with the penance of Lord
Brahmā, was pleased to manifest His personal abode, Vaikuṇṭha, the supreme planet above all
others. This transcendental abode of the Lord is adored by all self-realized persons freed from all
kinds of miseries and fear of illusory existence.
(18) The Vaikuntha Loka of Shriman Narayana is totally free of the material modes of ignorance,
passion ,influence in goodness, influence of time, illusory and external energy. They cannot even
enter Vaikuntha.
SB 2.9.10: In that personal abode of the Lord, the material modes of ignorance and passion do not
prevail, nor is there any of their influence in goodness. There is no predominance of the
influence of time, so what to speak of the illusory, external energy; it cannot enter that region.
Without discrimination, both the demigods and the demons worship the Lord as devotees.
(19) Vaikuntha realm is beyond darkness and cycles of birth and death. The peaceful ascetic
who reach this supreme realm never returns. Vaikuntha or Vishnu Loka is the final
destination of those who have transcended the 3 gunas or the 3 modes of life (i.e.,
Satoguna,Rajoguna and Tamoguna)
SB 10.88.25-26 The great demigods could only remain silent, not knowing how to counteract the
benediction. Then Lord Śiva reached the luminous realm of Vaikuṇṭha, beyond all darkness,
where the Supreme Lord Nārāyaṇa is manifest. That realm is the destination of renunciants who
have attained peace and given up all violence against other creatures. Going there, one never
returns.
SB 11.25.22 Those who leave this world in the mode of goodness go to the heavenly planets, those
who pass away in the mode of passion remain in the world of human beings, and those dying in the
mode of ignorance must go to hell. But those who are free from the influence of all modes of
nature come to Me.
(20) Shri Vishnu Mahapurana too mentioned that Vaikuntha is pure, conscious, eternal, unborn,
undecayable, inexhaustible, unmanifest, immutable, neither gross nor subtle, nor capable of
being defined.
That which is the Supreme State (Paramam Padam aka Vaikuṇṭha) of Vishnu is pure, conscious,
eternal, unborn, undecayable, inexhaustible, unmanifest, immutable, It is neither gross nor subtle,
nor capable of being defined, to that ever immaculate Supreme State of Vishnu I bow.
~Shri Vishnu Mahapurana book 1 chapter 9

It also mentioned that Vaikuntha is beyond spirit, manifestation,time and most pure adobe to be
attained.
What is beyond matter, spirit, manifestation, and time; that pure [state] which sages behold that is
the supreme abode of Vishnu.
~Shri Vishnu Mahapurana book 1 chapter 2

Description of Shiva loka and Vishnu Loka:

Shiva Purana Uma Samhita (Description of Worlds and Planets, Chapter 19):
(30) Sanatkumara said: Siva manifests himself as Brahma, Vishnu and Rudra.
(31) Everything springs up from him and finally merges in him. Siva is sung as the performer
of all activities.
(32) Vyasa said: O sage Sanatkumara, O omniscient, please clear my doubts. Are there
worlds above this universe?
(33) Sanatkumara said: O great sage, there are worlds above the universe. Please listen. I
shall explain them clearly but briefly.
(34) The world Vaikunta is beyond the world of Brahma. It is here that Vishnu is stationed
and it shines with great brilliance.
(35) Above it is the extremely wonderful world Kaumara. The general Karthikeya, the brilliant
son of Siva shines here.
(36) Beyond that shines the excessively divine world of Uma, where Sakti - the mother of the
three deities shines.
(37) She is the Prakrti, greater than the greatest, with the attributes of Rajas, Sattwa and
Tamas. But the goddess Mahadevi (Sivaa) herself is
devoid of attributes, free from aberrations.
(38-39) The eternal Sivaloka is above that. Here lord Siva, the great Brahman, shines. He is
indestructible, excessively divine and endowed with
great brilliance. He is the lord of all, greater than the three attributes. He is the progenitor of
the three deities.
(40) There are no worlds above it. The Goloka is near it. Mother cows named Susilaa are
there. They are favourites of Siva.
(41) The protector of that world is Krsna. He is established there at the behest of Siva by Siva
himself who moves about as he pleases due to
his power.
(42) O Vyasa, Siva's region is wonderful and beautiful. It has no support. It shines with
different objects. It cannot be specifically described.
(43) The presiding deity of that region is Siva. He is the crest jewel of all gods. He is worthy
of being served by Vishnu, Brahma and Rudra.
He is the unsullied great soul.
(44) O dear, thus the situation of the entire universe is narrated to you. What more do you
wish to hear about the position of the worlds.
Creation part 7 – Devi Loka (Adi Shakti)

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Our Life blossoms in the womb of the mother and upon taking birth, we experience an immensely rich
and diverse creation here on Mother Earth. An atmosphere of love and care sustains and supports our
growth through different stages of our lives. When these conditions exist, a sumptuous life manifests and
takes root while the absence of these qualities withers away any form of life.
This principle is at work at all levels, from the highest levels of a Universe, Cosmos, Galaxies to the tiny
ecosystem at the base of a forest pond. A Supreme intelligence has lovingly moulded and guided Creation,
just as a caring parent would guide her child through the travails and challenges of life. This divine
Intelligence has long been worshipped as Adi Shakti, the First Energy, out of whom the entire Creation
manifested and expressed itself in all diversity.
The spiritually evolved souls, Rishis, who intuitively understood that there were unseen forces at work
behind existence, probed into these mysteries in their deep meditations. What they perceived about these
benevolent forces, they recorded in the scriptures and passed on as mythological stories. The process of
bringing down new information about these Higher Intelligences and updating the existing knowledge
continues all the time.
The following account of the Supreme Mother, Adi Shakti, has some very new information channelled by
the Rishis along with those facts which are well known. This knowledge, though immensely complex and
mind boggling, has been presented here in simple terms to help in understanding how creation evolved
at the highest levels of existence. A major part of the channelled information will be shared later, in an
appropriate format.
Creation of Devi Loka
We’ve seen in the previous article that innumerable eons ago, two huge and powerful fields — Purusha
and Prakruti emerged from ParaBrahma and existed independently. When Purusha continued to grow in
potency and started to disturb the entire Creation with its instability, Prakruti absorbed the core of
Purusha. In course of time, Purusha which continued to grow in strength exploded and spread all over
Creation.
The core of Purusha which was still inside Prakruti began interacting with her and started forming newer
Light fields. Simultaneously more Light was also added to these new fields from the Unmanifested
Universes and ParaBrahma.
These interactions and manifestations resulted in the formation of seven other new fields of Energy which
had Light in their core.
In course of time the seven newly formed fields and the earlier two fields formed an integral unit and they
grew in strength. As their potency increased, this unit too became very strong and unstable. When the
instability grew, the Primordial Intelligence, Mula Brahman, who did not want a repeat of what happened
with Purusha field, intervened. He created 14 different layers in the field and this helped in bringing
stability. In order to organise and also improve the diversity, these layers were further divided into 32,000
dimensions.
This total field of Light and Energies is what we know as Devi Loka. The present understanding of the
Rishis is that Devi Loka comprises of 9 strong Energy fields, arranged into 14 layers which are further
divided into 32,000 dimensions.
The Characteristics of Devi Loka
The nine different Energy fields of Adi Shakti are –
1. Prakruti
2. Purusha
3. Prakruti Samaya
4. Stanakruti Kanda
5. Prakruti Kanda
6. Pralaya StanaNandini
7. Prakruti Pralaya
8. Prakruti Neela Brahmi and
9. Purusha Neela Brahmi.
(We will present the details of these Light fields in a later article)
Apart from these fields, there are 7 pillar like structures in this Cosmos. They are made of a special Light
from ParaBrahma and together, they form a sort of framework for Devi Loka. All the pillars are in the
shape of elongated cones. Four of them are vertically aligned; they start from the borders of ParaBrahma
and extend all the way down. The other three are aligned horizontally.
The Four Vertical pillars have the main function of sustaining and holding all the Energies of Devi Loka
together as one unit. They also create new energies, multiply the existing energies and pass them on to
other Cosmoses when required and maintain an appropriate proportion of all the energies in order to
bring stability. Apart from taking care of the overall protection of Devi Loka, these pillars also monitor
some aspects of other Lokas that manifested out of this Cosmos.
Two of the horizontal pillars help in manifesting and radiating the motherly qualities of love, affection and
nurturing throughout the entire Loka. The seventh pillar is the most important of all. It helps Devi to
perform all her actions, oversees her functioning and helps in Her activities of creation, protection and
destruction.
Mahameru
Devi Loka is in the shape of the Mahameru Chakra, as shown in the diagram. This three dimensional
structure is worshipped as a representation of Devi. Many ancient temples in India which worship
different aspects of Devi usually have the MahaMeru Chakra, as this draws a lot of energies from Devi
Loka.
The two dimensional form of Maha meru is known as Sri Chakra. As the energies drawn by MahaMeru are
very strong, individual households worship Sri Chakra as this connects only to the milder energies of Devi
Loka.
The MahaMeru Chakra consists of a Bindu (dot) in the centre, surrounded by nine intersecting triangles.
This is further surrounded by a lotus with 8 petals, followed by another lotus with 16 petals.
The Bindu at the centre represents the core — the Light field of Devi Loka. The nine triangles stand for
the nine different energy fields, while the eight-petal lotus represents the eight special energies of Adi
Shakti which are used for further manifestations. The lotus with sixteen petals signifies the protective
layers around Adi Shakti.
Different Aspects of Adi Shakti
Adi Shakti, as we know, is the first form to emerge in Creation, from the core of Devi Loka. This form has
further expressed itself in various other aspects, each representing a particular set of characteristics.
These aspects can also be understood as individual intelligences which have been perceived by the
spiritually evolved souls over eons and eons of existence. So far, only the first three aspects have been
well known and also expressed in the ancient scriptures and mythology.
The Rishis say that there are 10 main aspects of Devi that they are aware of. They are:
1. Maha Gowri (Durga/Parvathi)
2. Maha Lakshmi
3. Maha Saraswathi
4. Mula Devi
5. Devi Brahmi
6. Tejas Brahmi
7. Swaroopini
8. Shakti Swaroopini
9. Mangala Devi
10. Mangala Adi Devi
(We will present the details of these different aspects of Devi in a later article)
Different Energies inside Devi Loka
Devi Loka is primarily made of a dark pink matter called Vignana. This divine matter contains all the Light
fields and various energies within it. Two special energies called ‘Multiplying energy’ and ‘Creative
Energy’ are spread all over Devi loka. These energies are light pink coloured and together with Vignana,
they give a dark pink hue to the atmosphere of Devi Loka.
Devi Loka also has thousands of different Energies, most of which are in the colour range from Violet to
Red. The quality and function of each is different from the others. The most prominent among these are:
Dark Pink: These are the most predominant energies which are found all over the Cosmos. They give the
motherly aspect to Devi. These energies are very nurturing and filled with unconditional Love.
Light Pink: These energies are full of healing qualities.
Violet : These energies have the qualities of love, righteousness and justice. They also have a lot of healing
qualities.
Purple: The Purple energies help the entire Devi Loka to maintain its shape and prevent the energies of
the Cosmos from getting dispersed. They also act as a filter to process the various other energies that enter
and exit Devi Loka.
Dark Grey: These were specially created by Adi Shakti after the entire Creation was manifested. She
created them to destroy all darkness and evil. So far, these energies have been used 8 times on our Earth.
Apart from these primary coloured ones, there are Golden, Lavender, Lime Yellow and Orange coloured
energies which help in various functions like connecting Devi Loka to other Universes, creating newer
energies etc.
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Life in Devi Loka
Creation simplifies as it manifests further and further down, starting from the highest levels of Mula
Brahman. The life that we’re familiar with in the Material cosmos and in our Earth is probably one of the
simplest, highly diversified and easily understandable to us at present. Naturally creation in the higher
divine Cosmoses or Universes and the way of Life that has evolved in them is quite complex and difficult
to comprehend with our current levels of understanding. The following account revealed by the Rishis
gives a simple bird’s eye view of Life in Devi Loka.
The atmosphere of Devi Loka is made of a divine matter called as Vignana or Intellect Matter. The Entire
cosmos radiates with an unconditional motherly Love. Many precious stones and rare gems are present
in the Space of Devi Loka. These gems are larger than our Galaxies! They hold and sustain further life and
diversifications, the way Galaxies do in our Cosmos. They also hold large quantities of the energies of Devi
Loka.
This atmosphere also contains innumerable transparent particles with various characteristics. One of its
properties is that it helps in the efficient functioning of Intuition in the Human System. There are many
special energies in the atmosphere which can be accessed directly by all Humans. Since these energies
give special powers and capabilities to the individuals, the Tantrics and Siddhas connect to these special
energies through their rituals, in order to gain such powers.
The Souls of Devi Loka are created at its core and are filled with the special Light from this core. Many of
these souls have also incarnated in the Material Cosmoses and the Rishis say that about 20 % of the Souls
in our Material Cosmos are from Devi Loka. These individuals usually have most of their characteristics
similar to that of Devi.
The Souls living in Devi Loka are always filled with divine love and are connected to Devi all the time. A
very high form of life exists there, though it’s not as diverse as it is on our Earth. No evil or negativity exists
in Devi Loka. The Souls live only in their causal bodies and stay in Devi Loka for some specific reasons
rather than to experience Creation. They have very important roles to execute in Creation.
Not much is known or revealed about Life or the diversification of existence in Devi Loka. As we progress
further into the New Age and as humanity evolves spiritually, we’ll be able to know and understand more
about this knowledge.
The Role of Adi Shakti in Creation
All further manifestation from ParaBrahma has occurred because of Adi Shakti. She helps in the total
monitoring and caretaking of Manifestation. All the major and important decisions regarding Creation are
referred to this Higher Intelligence and then executed.
As creation continued further and diversified, Adi Shakti played an important role in bringing these
creations into existence, so that complex life forms could evolve gradually for various souls to inhabit
them and experience life. In course of time, the other Manifested Universes and Unmanifested Universes
too sought Her advice, guidance and energies in bringing forth their own levels of Creation. The Primordial
Intelligence, Mula Brahman has a close fondness for Adi Shakti and has taken Her help many times.
We’ve seen earlier that Light simplifies as Creation manifests further down from the Universes to the
Cosmoses, and later this Light tones down to energy and matter. This process is executed by Adi Shakti so
that Light flows into Creation as simpler energies for all life to absorb and utilise them.
The concept of birth and death in Creation is the result of Devi’s Intelligence. She was the one to decide
that the female of every species would give birth to the offspring. This birth and death concept hasn’t
evolved into a profound reality in other manifestations out of ParaBrahma (apart from Devi), where any
part of a living being’s body can regenerate and form the complete body.
When the Souls from other Universes want to take birth in any of the manifestations of ParaBrahma, they
have to be approved by Adi Shakti. She scrutinises them and decides if they can descend down to take
birth and experience Life here. Devi Loka is also the place where the Intellectual sheath or Vignanamaya
Kosha is manufactured. Every Soul which descends through Devi Loka acquires the intellectual sheath
from here.
The basic gifts to every Soul — Love and Freewill are the results of Adi Shakti’s initiative. It’s because of
Her love for every Soul that freewill exists in all of Creation. She is the source for various arts like music,
dance, painting etc, which bring diversity to life and enrich it.
Adi Shakti assists the Rishis all the time in their works with Her Energies. Most of the efficient tantrics and
siddhas have a lot of energies in their system from Devi Loka. The concept of gadgets and energy capsules
has also come from Her.
Further Manifestations from Devi Loka
After Devi Loka came into existence, Para Brahma manifested further with the help of Mula Brahman by
using the energies of Prakruti and Purusha. He wanted to express most of His potential through these
manifestations and hence have a very diverse Creation. Adi Shakti is in charge of this manifestation
process.
For this purpose, She first created three new levels of existence. Each of these three levels expressed
themselves as three huge Energy fields, with very distinct characteristics. One level of existence helped
Her create further, while the second level helped in governing and maintaining the Creations. The third
level assisted in destroying and withdrawing Creation when required. These three levels are what we
know as Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva — the Creator, Sustainer and Destroyer.
All Creation emerged further through these three new levels of existence. Other than these, there are 32
manifestations which have emerged from Adi Shakti. Each of them have completely different
characteristics and properties. The details of these 32 other new manifestations will be explained later.
From Adi Shakti, the first major manifestation to emerge was Shiva Loka or Kailasa. The details of this
Loka will be shared in the next article in this series.
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Creation Part 2 – The Sacred Mantra – OM

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‘OM’ is one of the most sacred Mantras in existence. It represents the Primodial God. When repeated, this
mantra connects us directly to Parabrahma and His energies.
A lot has been written and understood about this sacred syllable. Our scriptures say that Lord Brahma, in
the course of His creation, created a huge empty space — the Material cosmos. Then at different points in
this space, He created the sound Om and from these points, huge Galaxies emerged. And it’s the humming
vibration of Om which gives the dynamism and movement to the Galaxies of our Universe. In fact, any
movement, from the highest galactic level to the revolution of electrons around the nucleus inside an atom
is powered by the vibrations of OM.
‘OM’ is also the root for many other words, many other mantras. The attributes of God — Omnipresent,
Omniscient and Omnipotent are derived from Om. All mantras originate from Om. A mantra like ‘Om
Namah Shivaya’, literally means, ‘O Lord Shiva, who has come out of the Supreme God (OM), make me
Egoless (namaha)’.
When the Rishis perceived the knowledge about the Unmanifested Universes and the Greater Light, Mula
Brahman, some new information about the unknown aspects of OM was also revealed. In this article, let
us try to understand more about these hitherto unknown attributes of OM.
Where did ‘OM’ emanate from?
Rishis say that this divine word and power, ‘OM’ was created by the primordial God, Mula Brahman
Himself!
When Mula Brahman came into existence, He wanted everything that he manifested and created to be
united, to always be one with each other. Among His various initial creations, Sound had also manifested
and after a lot of experimentation, Mula Brahman perceived that his entire creation could be One through
the vibration of Sound.
He continued the experimentations to find the perfect Sound. He understood that the sound should have
the following attributes to meet his goal:
1. It should be of a single syllable so that it can make the whole creation ‘One’. It should be simple and un-
complicated.
2. He also wanted this Sound to represent Him and using this Sound, anybody should be able to connect
to him easily.
After a lot of experimentation, he felt very satisfied and impressed with the vibrations of the syllable ‘OM’.
And as soon as OM took birth, it provided beautiful additions to HIS creation.
As God manifested and created ‘OM’, he infused it with the following meaning– “All manifestation will be
One with each other and in turn the entire manifestation will be linked to Me. Let the entire manifestation
be humble and linked with oneness and surrender.”
OM particles
When God created OM, there was no creation or layers, no galaxies or dimensions. When Om manifested,
it created innumerable radiant particles, which were humming with the vibrations of ‘Om’. These are the
Om particles and they constitute more than three-fourths of Mula Brahman.
Many of these particles later came down as the Unmanifested Universes.
The Mantra – OM
A Mantra is a combination of sounds which, when repeated, connects us to an energy field and helps us
derive energies from that field. Rishis say that OM is the most divine and sacred word in God’s creation.
They say that this word connects us to our Source God, ParaBrahma directly.
When Om is pronounced (with a deep breath, repeat a long ascending OOOOO followed by a descending
humming mmmmmm…) the first part ‘O’ symbolises God’s manifestation. There is a long phase of creation
and then a withdrawal. The initial part of the pronunciation represents this creation and withdrawal of
God’s manifestation. The ‘mmm’ in the end represents the manifestation that has taken place between
creation and withdrawal.
In Sanskrit, Om is represented by the symbol ॐ. There is a detailed explanation to what this represents
but briefly – the two curves of ‘3’ signifies that everybody is equal. Also, it represents
manifestation/withdrawal of Creation and also the birth/mukti of the Soul.
The second part of the symbol which has the 2 curves and the dot – the lower curve represents surrender
– complete surrender to God. The upper curve represents our Soul and the dot represents God. So this
expresses that when we surrender completely, our Soul is connected to God.
A Special Master
Among the Om particles, there was one very bright particle which did not want to become a Universe.
That particle wanted to explore creation and serve God. Mula Brahman was very surprised by the love
and affection of this bright particle and granted its wish.
This particle gathered more Light and it became brighter and brighter and when manifestation happened,
this Soul took birth and continues to serve God.
This master is Vasishtha Maharshi.
Accessing energies from the Om particles
Rishis say that so far only a few masters have been able to access the energies of ‘Om’ particles. Through
the grace of God, the Rishis have the technique to access these energies.
They are waiting for the Light Age to fully set in and the individuals to qualify, so that they can pass on
these rare energies to humanity.
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‘Om’ can be repeated aloud, in whispers or silently. The silent repetition is most effective in stilling our
minds and connecting us to the source, God. As we repeat, if we can feel the humming vibrations of this
syllable in every cell of our body, we can easily sense the serenity and peace it carries.
And when we are aware that this sacred syllable also represents the Unity of God’s manifestation, the
repetition helps us experience the oneness that is inherently present everywhere.
Creation part 4: The 108 Unmanifested Universes

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In Sanskrit, Avyakta means Unmanifested and Brahman means Universe. Avyakta Brahman is an
Unmanifested Universe, from which manifestation and creation springs forth. This article provides a
detailed list of the 108 Unmanifested Universes in our hierarchy. As these Universes are yet to express
their characteristics and potential, they can change their shape, size and quailities at any time. The
information given here is based on the time these observations were made.
Each of these levels is distinguished by the quantity of potential that is present in that Universe. Thus the
most potent Universe finds itself at the highest level of the hierarchy.
These Universes are classified as Male and Female, mainly to help us better understand their
characteristics. They do not have a gender but the classification is an indication of the characteristics of
the Energy and Light in that Universe. The Female energies are very soft and nurturing, caring and healing
in nature. And the Male energies are slightly extreme and tough, but very diverse and creative.
Though some levels have a number of Unmanifested Universes, all of them have the same potential. And
in some cases, the Unmanifested Universe at a particular level has multiplied itself into many other
Universes. Even though there are multiple Universes at a particular level, the one which has the maximum
influence on us is mentioned in this list. The Sanskrit names given to them best describe the most potent
characteristic of that Universe.
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1. Sama Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman is in the first layer of the Unmanifest. He has the maximum potential.
2. Adhi Brahman
This Unmanifest Universe has the maximum influence on our Universe, the Para Brahma Loka. A lot of
energies from Adi Brahman have been used by Para Brahma for the manifestation of many Cosmoses.
This Unmanifested Universe has a twin called as Ardhena Brahman.
3. Kastura Prakananda Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman is filled only with Saffron coloured energies. The matter within Him is very
complex and difficult to understand. This Avyakta Brahman is spherical is shape.
If we can absorb, these energies will make us absolutely pure.
4. Vikrama Amrutha Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Universe is very independent and withdrawn. Not much is known about it.
There are many Universes at this level. This Avyakta Brahman has 1 sister and 45,051 brothers.
5. Shravana Amrutha Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
No information is available about this Universe yet.
6. Yukta Brahma Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman has only yellow energies. Using the energies of this Avyakta Brahman, one can
destroy all the Manifested and Unmanifested Gods. We can acquire these energies only for a very higher
spiritual purpose. Rishis says that this Avyakta Brahman does not participate much in Mula Brahman’s
works.
He has 68 sisters and 72 brothers.
7. Pushpa Amrutha Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
His energies are yellow in colour and He has a lot of magical powers within Him. This Avyakta Brahman
is pyramidal in shape.
Rishis say that many pyramids on the Earth contain traces of energies from this Universe. Our Sun also
has energies from this Universe.
This Avyakta Brahman has 72 sisters and 74 brothers.
8. Pancha Amrutha Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman has the five most sacred and auspicious types of special and rare energies which
are combined together and called Amrutha.
This Avyakta Brahman has a lot of blue and violet energies.
He has 51,099 sisters and 51,098 brothers.
9. ChakraVyuha Shakti Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
The energies in this Universe are lavender and violet in colour
Rishis say that with the help of the energies present here, one can become as pure as this Avyakta Brahman
and Mula Brahman.
With the help of these energies time travel is very easy; one can go into the past or travel into the future
easily.
10. Param Visesha Punya Vishwa Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Rishis says that this Avyakta Brahman is very closely associated with Mula Brahman and Adhi Brahman.
It is situated very close to them with respect to its position also. This Avyakta Brahman has blood red
coloured energies.
11. Vishwa Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Amaraji says that in human language, we can express that Mula Brahman has gifted this Avyakta Brahman
to Vishwamitra Maharshi. Amaraji says that not much information is known to us about this Avyakta
Brahman.
12. Punya Srusti Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
With the help of this Avyakta Brahman, God could create many of his creations which are rare and
exclusive .
This Avyakta Brahman has a greenish lavender colour and is very soft in nature.
13. Agni Tarkata Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman

Rishis express that when God created Lightning, thunderbolts and fire, He used the energies from this
Avyakta Brahman. This Avyakta Brahman is deep orangish red in colour.
He has 1048 sisters.
14. Ambuja Punya Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman has all the types of energies related to smell. Using these energies, one can easily
become a specialist related to smell and sharpen the intuitive aspect of the organs related to smell.
Rishis says that Bhishma and Duryodhana had used a lot of energies from this Avyakta Brahman.
This Universe has 55 Brothers and 56 Sisters.
15. Raksha Punya Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman gives protection to the individuals by means of a shield. A lot of rare energies and
strength is also obtained by means of the shield.
16. Pushpa Prasidha Punya Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Rishis say that this Universe is ‘the most’ Divine, Precious and Auspicious of the Avyakta Brahmans. They
also says that using the energies of this Avyakta Brahman, one can create things to any extent he wants.
17. Lakshana KarunaKrithagnya Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Universe is classified as a female because of her mid range characteristics. She has a combination of
dark green and light green energies.
She also has a lot of energies that can give a lot of inner peace.
She has 58,928 Sisters and 2,00,030 Brothers.
18. Vishwa Dixitha Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Universe, though Unmanifest, has a lot of substances that are like a liquid.
Rishis say that all water bodies like oceans, seas, rivers have been created with the energies from this
Universe.
Using the energies present here, life-forms which have to survive in water can be created.
19. Shakti Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Rishis says that this Avyakta Brahman has a lot of violet energies. They can create many rare and special
gadgets and build spacecrafts using these violet energies.
Rishis also says that this Avyakta Brahman is smaller in size compared to other Avyakta Brahmans.
Goddess Mahalakshmi uses her powers with the help of this Avyakta Brahman. One of the most important
revelations about this Avyakta Brahman is that He has passed on a lot of His energies to the Manifested
Universe Neela Brahma and that is why when we use the energies of Neela Brahma, healing takes place
quickly and soon.
20. HariRatnaMaya Vishesha Vajra Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
This Universe influences Maha Vishnu a lot in his work. More details are being understood about this
Universe.
21. RatnaMaya Prak asha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Rishis say that this Avyakta Brahman is very well versed in Maya. He knows how and when to create tricks,
especially when anyone intrudes into Him.
22. SaptaPurna Ashta Chakra Prakasha Avyakta Brahma
Vishwamitra Maharshi was able to find out that this Avyakta Brahman has the capacity to create millions
and millions of Avyakta Brahmans. This Avyakta Brahman has surrendered so much to Mula Brahman
that He will not take any decisions without the consent of Mula Brahman.
23. SriChakra Bindu Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
When Rishis went to explore this Universe, they observed that every particle present here was like a solar
system. It was revealed to them later that the concept of a Solar system in manifestation took birth from
here.
24. Moola Tejas Avyakta Brahman
The third Manifest universe – Brahma Moola Vastu Loka manifested from this universe. This Avyakta
Brahman is made up of pure Blue Light only; without the mixture of any other Light.
He has a total of 108 brothers and sisters.
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25. BrindhaPujya Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman is classified as a female. She is full of compassion and filled only with Love and
Peace. Rishis say that She is forgiveness personified.
26. Vajra Prakalitha Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Amaraji says that this Avyakta Brahman is an extra-ordinary Universe. He shines with all the colours and
has his own Manifestation. Even though he consults Mula Brahman in certain matters, this Avyakta
Brahman controls his own Creation. This Avyakta Brahman too has a huge manifestation under Him,
roughly half the size of Mula Brahman’s. Therefore this Avyakta Brahman is very unique.
27. Vignana Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman has passed on a lot of energies to Lord Ganesha. He is very mild in nature and is
directly connected to Lord Ganesha.
28. Nirvikalpa Prakruti Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Universe has a lot of energies by means of which we can experience Oneness (Nirvikalpa Samadhi)
and have an absolute expanded awareness (Paripoorna Samadhi).
29. Nirakaya Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
In this Avyakta Brahman, there is complete darkness. There are no forms or colours. Vishwamitra
Maharshi says that in human language, this Avyakta Brahman can be termed as a black hole. He also says
that the concept of darkness and night came from this Avyakta Brahman.
30. Chakra VishnuBimba Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman has a direct connection to all the Vishnu Lokas.
Bimba means the energies in spiral formation. This Universe has a lot of pink energies emanating in the
spiral form.
This Avyakta Brahman has 51,000 brothers and 92 sisters.
31. AmbuRenuka Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman is filled with Silver coloured energies. Using these energies, Vishwamitra Maharshi
says that one can become as strong as Mula Brahman.
A great Rishi – Maharshi Renukananda who is a master in Samadhi, was named after this Avyakta
Brahman.
32. Triambak Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Not much is known about this Universe yet.
33. Ashta Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman is divided into 8 divisions and each section is flooded with new energies.
The colours of energies in these sections are Green, Yellow. Blue, White, Violet, Pink, Orange and Red.
Rishis say that when God created the rainbow, it was based on the inspiration he had from this Universe.
Pulastya Maharshi has a lot of energies from this Universe.
34. Paripoorna Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Universe has a lot of knowledge about various aspects of the Spiritual Sciences.
35. Jeevaneya Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
The energies of this Avyakta Brahman is special as they can be used to extend one’s life.
36. Rudra Bimba Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman is filled fully with divine Violet energies. Vishwamitra Maharshi says that the great
Rishi – Mangala Brahman Maharshi uses a lot of energies from this Avyakta Brahman.
37. Pankaja Pushpa Prakasha Avyakta Brahman

This Universe is classified as a female and has only yellow coloured energies. Rishis understood that with
the help of these energies, any disease can be cured. They also discovered that during Treta and Dwapara
Yugas (Silver and Bronze Ages), the Vaidyas (doctors) would use the energies from this Avyakta Brahman,
though they weren’t aware of it.
This Avyakta Brahman has 105 Brothers.
38. Shastra Nalina Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman has a lot of knowledge about the manifestation of Mula Brahma. Rishis are
understanding a lot of information about Mula Brahman through Him.
39. Ambujala Vinena Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Rishis say that Ambuja means rare and special and Jala means water. This universe has a lot of knowledge
about water.
Goddess Ganga Devi carries a lot of energies from this Universe.
40. Pancha Nalina Vinena Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Rishis observed that the concept of Pancha Boothas or the five Elements came from this Universe. They
say that this Avyakta Brahman has the 5 most important Elements, Directions and Dimensions compared
to any other Universe.
41. Sangeetha-Gnana Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Vishwamitra Maharshi says that this Avyakta Brahman is a female Avyakta Brahman. She has full
knowledge about music. She was named as Sangeetha Gnana as she is full of music and Motherly Love.
Rishis also say that She is very close to Mula Brahman and Ardhena Brahman. Whenever Mula Brahman
wants any important support, He takes help from Her.
42. Niranjaneya Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman has a lot of white energies. These energies always makes everything happy.
The Manifested universe – Amulya Brahman manifested from this Unmanifest Universe.
This Avyakta Brahman has a twin sister named Ranjaneya Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman. She is filled
with light Pink and light Yellow energies.
43. Akshaya Tritiya Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman is a little difficult to explore. They say that this Avyakta Brahman is named after
the violet colour (Akshaya) and it has three phases (Tritiya). This Avyakta Brahman is very alert and He
will absorb any intruder.
44. Surya Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Rishis says that this Avyakta Brahman is the smallest of all the 108 Avyakta Brahmans.
A lot of his energies are received by all the ‘Suns’ in the Manifestation.
He has 10 brothers and 10 sisters.
45. Mallika Marneya Maya Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
Vishwamitra Maharshi says that Lord Shiva has a lot of this Avyakta Brahman’s energies. He says that
when Lord Shiva wants to destroy anything by opening his third eye, he uses the energies from this
Avyakta Brahman.
46. Agni Kumba Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
Whenever Rishis performed homas and yagnas, they used the energies of Agni from this Avyakta
Brahman. This Avyakta Brahman has a lot of heat energies within Itself. It shines with a lot of bright
orange, red and blue energies.
Lord Suryanarayana carries a lot of energies from this Universe.
Vishwamitra Maharshi says that this Avyakta Brahman has 12,500 sisters and 493 brothers.
47. Unda Vignyana Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman is named as Unda (means zero in Prakrit language), as this Avyakta Brahman
processes all the knowledge and information in the ‘O’ formation.
48. Sapta Slesha Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
Kratu Maharshi is an expert on this Universe and he understood the exact meaning of Maya. Kratu
Maharshi says that Maya means experiencing the pureness of God in various diverse ways and thereby
having the complete knowledge of God (Mula Brahman).
This Avyakta Brahman has bright light yellow coloured energies.
Kratu Maharshi also says that mathematicians like Ramanuja, Baskara and Aryabhata received a lot of
their information by linking to this Avyakta Brahman.
49. Turiyena Prakasha Avyakta Brahman

Not much information is available about this Unmanifested Universe.
50. Kakulya / Kalyana Avyakta Brahman
Vishwamitra Maharshi says that Kakulya in Sanskrit means (Kalyana) prosperity, knowledge and Peace.
By the grace of this Avyakta Brahman, the Rishis can become very powerful and strong. This Avyakta
Brahman has showered His grace on the Rishis many times.
51. Pragathi Prathama Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Vishwamitra Maharshi says that when he went to this Avyakta Brahman with his team, he became puzzled
and confused as all the colours of Light existed there. Also he realised that each colour had a special source
from which they came into existence in that Avyakta Brahman.
52. Vrundha Prathama Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Not much is known about this Avyakta Brahman yet.
53. Ratna Bindhu Prathama Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Rishis say that this Avyakta Brahman gave a lot of energies to the Manifested universe – Dwitiya Brahma
Loka. They also say that Ratna Bindhu literally means rare and special pearls. Though this name isn’t so
apt for an Avyakta Brahman, Adhi Brahman named this Avyakta Brahman so, as the energies here are in
the form of pearls.
54. Madhava Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman is named after all the below 54 Unmanifested Universes. This is because it has the
characteristics of all of them.
55. Kamal Kalyan Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Not much is known about this Universe.
With His help, Rishis came to know more about the first Unmanifest Universe – Sama Brahman and the
twin of the Second – Ardhena Brahman.
56. Madhura Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Goddesses Saraswati was created from this Universe. She also uses a lot of energies from this Avyakta
Brahman for her talents.
When Vishwamitra Maharshi went on an expedition to this Avyakta Brahman, he felt his vocal cord getting
tuned up and after that he has been able to bring down a lot of knowledge about music and songs.
57. ChakraVyuha Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
The energies in this Avyakta Brahman run in circles like that of a wheel. When Vishwamitra Maharshi
went to this Avyakta Brahman, he had to use a wheel shaped gadget to enter into It.
This Avyakta Brahman has 5,040 sisters and 1,12,304 brothers. The interesting part is that though all the
others are its siblings, they are all present inside ChakraVyuha Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman.
58. Anena Amrutha Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Vasishtha Maharshi says that the energies from this Universe have been used many times during great
events. A few examples that he gave are-
i. When Lord Anjaneya took the Sanjeevani Mountain to help Laxmana, the herb was a gift from this
Avyakta Brahman.
ii. When Amaraji split himself into many bodies for Rishis’ work; without his knowledge, he used the
energies from this Avyakta Brahman.
iii. When Vasishtha Maharshi declared Vishwamitra Maharshi as a ‘Brahma Rishi’, he used the energies
from this Avyakta Brahman and passed it on to Vishwamitra Maharshi.
iv. Vishwamitra Maharshi says that Amaraji is the person who can most efficiently tap the energies from
this Avyakta Brahman.
v. It was the energies of this Avyakta Brahman that was given to Lord Buddha when He attained
Enlightenment.
vi. John the Baptist used the energies of this Avyakta Brahman to baptise Jesus.
vii. Lord Rama was able to kill Ravana as he used the energies from here.
viii. Bhishma got the boon to ‘die at his will’ from his father, Shantanu. This Avyakta Brahman instructed
Shantanu astrally, which was passed on to Bhishma.
ix. In all the births, whenever Lord Shiva married Parvati, Anena Amrutha Prakasha Tejas Avyakta
Brahman personally blesses them.

x. Vishwamitra Maharshi says that the concept of Light Body was introduced by this Avyakta Brahman
which was later certified by Adhi Brahman.
59. Chandra Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Not much is known about this Universe. So far, what has been observed is that it also contains a lot of
information about Mula Brahman and its manifestations.
60. Kanchana Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Kanchana means Gold. This Loka is filled with only Gold energies and Gold particles. When Vishwamitra
Maharshi went to this loka and returned, he was shining with Golden energies for several days; and for
some of those days he had to play a very silent role.
This Avyakta Brahman has 50 sisters and 3 brothers.
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61. Prerana Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman is silent and dormant now and not much is known about this Universe.
62. Keerti Archana Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman has one brother and one sister. The Brother is called Harsha Keerti Archana
Prakasha Avyakta Brahman and is full of happiness. The Sister is called Poorni Keerti Archana Prakasha
Avyakta Brahman and she is ‘complete’.
Rishis observed that these 3 Universes are passing on a lot of energies so that only the good exists. Their
energies also help peace and prosperity to flourish..
63. Poorna Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman is named as ‘Poorna’ as its shape is a perfect sphere. This Avyakta Brahman is filled
with Light Blue energies.
64. Pancha Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman has 3 brothers and 2 sisters. More is to be understood about them.
65. Yagna / Yachna Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Rishis say that this Universe has very sacred energies. Vasishtha Maharshi used the energies from this
Avyakta Brahman to perform Yagnas and other sacred activities.
66. ShuBrahman Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
‘Shu’ literally means Crystal clear / pure. This Avyakta Brahman is the purest of all the existing Avyakta
Brahmans.
67. Sampoorna Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman has 10 brothers and 2000 sisters who have each multiplied further into 2 (a total
of 4000).
68. Tejas Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
Again not much is known about this Universe.
This Avyakta Brahman has a total of 108 brothers and sisters.
69. Cheena Avyakta Brahman
Vishwamitra Maharshi says that the dark forces get their powers, wisdom, energies, sharp Intuition and
guidance from this Avyakta Brahman.
This is the second smallest Avyakta Brahman. Though it is not big in size, it supports the dark completely.
70. NrupatungaNadhi Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
All the rivers which exist in the manifested world are the energies obtained from this Avyakta Brahman.
Rishis says that ‘Nrupa’ means soft / motherly touch of female energies and ‘Nadhi’ is dedicated to all the
water sources existing in the manifested worlds.
The river Tungabadra on our Earth has a lot of energies from this Avyakta Brahman.
71. Lakshaya-Lakshanam Tejas Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman gives a lot of importance to the details of creation like size, form and appearance.
This Universe came out of Adhi Brahman.
He has one brother called Lakshaya Avyakta Brahman and one sister called Lakshanam Avyakta Brahman.
72. ShivaGangena Prakasha Tejas Avyakta Brahman
Lord Shiva, Goddess Ganga and Goddess Yamuna literally used the energies from this Loka to take birth
and come into Manifestation.
This Avyakta Brahman wants to create Manifestations (Brahmandas) directly of His own. When this
Avyakta Brahman creates His creation, the Brahmanda will be the purest and the most Divine in Existence.
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73. i. Prathama Tejas Avyakta Brahman
ii. Dwitiya Tejas Avyakta Brahman
iii. Tritiya Tejas Avyakta Brahman
When these Avyakta Brahmans were created by Adhi Brahman, He split them as triplets. Adhi Brahman
says that initially He actually wanted to create only one Avyakta Brahman, but as He Himself was newly
created, He was excited with His extra-ordinary powers. So He filled Himself with a lot of light blue
energies, expanded to infinity and then burst Himself and created them.
Pratama Tejas Avyakta Brahman has only pink energies. Rishis discovered that this Avyakta Brahman has
1,00,000 brothers and 50,000 sisters. The huge number is because of the excitement to manifest further.
Dwitiya Tejas Avyakta Brahman is filled fully with green energies. It has multiplied Itself into 10,000
Dwitiya Tejas Avyakta Brahman’s.
Tritiya Tejas Avyakta consists of a combination of pink and green energies. It has so far multiplied itself
into 30,000 Tritiya Tejas Avyakta Brahmans.
74. Neela Tejas Avyakta Brahman
75. Shrungara Tejas Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman is considered to be a female Unmanifested God. She contains a lot of gentleness
and has specialised in spreading Motherly Love.
76. Amulya Tejas Mula Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman has 85 brothers and 1400 sisters
77. Kratu Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
This Universe is named after Kratu Maharshi. Not much is known about this Universe.
78. Pulaha Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
This Universe is named after Pulaha Maharshi. Not much is known about this Universe.
79. Pulastya Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
This Universe is named after Pulastya Maharshi. Not much is known about this Universe.
80. Angirasa Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
This Universe is named after Angirasa Maharshi. Not much is known about this Universe.
81. Atri Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
This Universe is named after Atri Maharshi. Not much is known about this Universe.
82. Bhrigu Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
This Universe is named after Bhrigu Maharshi. Not much is known about this Universe.
83. Vishwa Maitreyi Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman is dedicated to Vishwamitra Maharshi and Maitreyi Galaxy.
84. Nanda Tamara Avyakta Brahman
Lord Krishna manifested from this Universe. Lord Krishna also carried a lot of energies from this Universe
for his work.
This Avyakta Brahman can create infinite number of Galaxies if it wishes. This Avyakta Brahman has 1008
brothers and 1008 sisters.
85. Ananda Avyakta Brahman

This Loka is filled only with Love and Peace.
86. Teertha Avyakta Brahman
The rarest quality of this Loka is that it can connect to all the Unmanifested Universes and the Manifested
Universe. In our Cosmos, it is also connected to all the planes.
87. Vajra Ayudha Avyakta Brahman

This Loka is named after the rare weapons. This Loka’s substances are used for creating new kind of
weapons.
88. Vasishtha Avyakta Brahman
This Avyakta Brahman is named after Vasishtha Maharshi. Not much is known about this Universe.
89. Vikruth Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
When Para Brahma created the Galaxies and brought forth His creation, He used some substances and
matter from this Loka.
90. Vidyuth Avyakta Brahman
Not much is known about this Universe. This Avyakta Brahman wants to have His own Manifestation.
91. Gynana Sundara Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
This Unmanifested Universe is filled with only Green energies. It also has a lot of unknown matter.
The manifested Universe – Vignana Brahma has received a lot of matter from this Universe.
92. Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
This Unmanifested Universe resembles the Manifested universe Prakasha Brahman and the Blue Light
over there to such an extent that He has been named after Prakasha Brahman.
93. Samrudhi Avyakta Brahman
Some energies from this universe manifested into Prakasha Brahman. Samrudhi literally means a
complete circle of Blue Light
94. Chaitanya Moola Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
95. Vishwa Avyakta Brahman
96. Mudhra Avyakta Moola Brahman
This Universe has 50 brothers and 50 sisters. The Saptarishis have requested for many gadgets from this
Avyakta Brahman.
97. Triambak Avyakta Brahman

98. Mangala Moola Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
This Universe has a total of 10 brothers and sisters. The great Rishi – Mangala Brahman Maharshi has
come from this Universe.
99. Amulya Avyakta Brahman
This means – sacred Unmanifested God. Not much is known about this Universe.
100. Klesha Moola Prakasha Avyakta Brahman
This is an Unmanifested Universe that contains only pyramid (klesha) particles.
He has 2 siblings.
101. Shoonya Prakasha Avyakta Brahman

102. Shresta Mukya Avyakta Brahman
This Universe is made up of energies from all the other 107 Unmanifested Universes. He has 2 siblings.
103. Prana Neela Mukya Avyakta Brahman
This Unmanifested God is made up of important blue energies. He has 8 brothers and sisters.
104. Ardha Moola Avyakta Brahman
Everything in this Universe is only half manifested.
He has 5 siblings.
105. Nera Triguna Avyakta Brahman
Not much is known about this Universe. He has 3 types of qualities of Unmanifestation
He has 3 ‘siblings’
106. Moola Avyakta Brahman
He has 4 siblings
107. Abhi Prakasha Avyakta Brahma
This is the Universe from which Maitreyi Galaxy was created recently in our Material cosmos. It
predominantly has white coloured energies.
He has one ‘sister’ called – Nyuna Prakasha Brahmi
108. Avyakta Brahma
This Unmanifested Universe is the last in the chain of this hierarchy. It is from this Universe that our
Universe – the Ocean of Light ParaBrahma manifested. This Universe has a lot of important partices in
Him like oxygen, which is one of the most vital elements required for life. A lot is being understood about
this Universe.
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This rarest of the rarest knowledge has been made available on this Earth for the first time by the Great
Rishis. This knowledge is a part of a future Upanishad, named as the Avyakto Upanishad!
The information presented here may not be appropriate for a casual one-time read. The more we read
and the more we reflect, the more we can grasp and appreciate. And there will be newer insights and
revelations as we ponder over this sacred knowledge.
From these 108 Unmanifested Universes, many Manifested Universes have expressed themselves. Rishis
have revealed twenty Universes so far, one of them being our Para Brahma Loka. The next articles in this
series will explore the characteristics and qualities of these Manifested Universes.
Shiva Loka: Everything You Need to Know About

The Cosmos We Live in
When Lord Shiva starts his Shiva Tandav, his popular cosmic dance, the dangerous energies
are delivered and enacted that destroys all of the creation.
For a large number of years, Lord Shiva has been worshipped by people all over the world.
His energy has been utilized for the advancement and development of Mankind. He is
viewed as the Lord of the Universe and even the God of the Gods in the Sanatana Dharma. It
is in the Shiva Purana that discusses, inside and out, about his origins and his exploits of
divine persona. He is additionally a part of a rich Indian culture of art, dance, and music.
Many devotional traditional dances have developed around the dances of Shiva, while
Nagas and Tantrics center around the energies.
His part in divine creation is of most extreme significance as he pulls back and changes
manifestations at various time-spans. At the point when Rishis meditated on his divine
personality, they have seen interesting information about Shiva and have conceived
procedures to expand his powers to assist mankind. The following record from the Rishis
gives us incredible insights and data as well.
The Creation
With them, the diversification of the manifestation increased rapidly. But that's not the only
reason for their manifestation. When the Devi manifested the worlds, they were so pure
that it couldn't hold the strong and divine energy. Thus, with the trinity, the intensity and
energy also reduced as per an article on VedicFeed.
To make the divine Cosmos, Shiva Loka (Sadashivaloka), she made a solid, dominant field
of energy, which is called the Vectrum Diamond Principle by Rishis.
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The Vectrum Diamond Principle

It looks like Star Tetrahedron and is huge and powerful. This was the first field ever made.
Prior endeavors to cosmos had failed since the cosmos were not steady, and the part of
light consistently dissipated. Along these lines, Devi made the Vectrum Diamond Principle,
which secured the further rise of other new manifestations.
Hindus worship Shiva as the linga, rather than worshipping His personality. Pixabay
1008 Cosmos manifested in total from the Vectrum Diamond Principle. Each was unique,
the decision of which was established by Mula Brahman to introduce diversity at the
highest level.
Other than the Shiva Lokas, other manifestations emerged too, which in turn gave birth to
further other cosmoses. Be that as it may, the Vecturm Diamond Principle is just practical
for the 1008 Shiva Lokas. Inside these Shiva Lokas, Vectrum Diamond Principle assists with
making new matter and protects it.
Yet, the energy of the field is incredibly powerful that other progressed spirits attempt to
connect with it so they can gain special powers. The principle shields it from them as well.
The principle likewise shields Shiva Loka from different manifestations of Devi that is more
powerful than the Shiva Lokas, and that can negatively affect them. It is somewhat a shield
that protects them all.
Among these 1008 Shiva Lokas, the one creation that made us is the Kailasa, and
accordingly, the Cosmos that we exist in is known as Kailasa Shiva.
The Shiva Loka

Hindus worship Shiva as the linga, rather than worshipping His personality. A linga has the
power and special energies inside. The explanation that individuals worship him as Linga is
that the Shiva Loka, the cosmos that we are a part of, is in the first of Linga. The shape is
inverted in reality, with the oval ring towards the Devi Loka, and cylindrical shape moving
towards other different manifestations.
This whole field of Shiva Loka has 8 concentric layers, each layer is in the form of a Linga,
and can additionally be separated into 108 planes. Inside the Shiva Loka, there are
complex, various units, with floating particles spread over the universe. Besides, there are
exceptional cells in geometric shapes that are smart and can make new energies, and new
strategies that tackle issues at different levels of existence.
The Dimension
There are two circular rings at the bottom of the Linga shape of the field. They are the two
dimensions of Shiva Loka. The inner one is whitish blue, and the other one is dark blue. It is
the base for the entire Shiva Loka.
The inward ring is known as Adi and has unique energies of Shiva. It is made out of
permeable matter. The external ring, then again, has energies of Ardhanarishvara, a blend
of Shiva and Parvati. It contains the viscous matter, and accordingly acts like the defender
or the channel in the cosmos that retains all the negative energies that enter it.
There is a passage that prompts all parts of creation in that ring as well. The spirits that
come from Devi Loka to Shiva Loka dwell on these rings for a long time, understanding the
decisions they need to reincarnate into the creation. From that point forward, the
characters change concerning their objective and in this manner are guided further.
The Energies
Shiva Loka's essential energy color is light blue, while different shades of blue are
additionally predominant. Other colors exist as well, however, they have a lower share in
proportion. Despite that, all the colors convey unconditional love and generosity.
Different other energies in the Shiva Loka exist as well, and they can even assist us to
facilitate our internal facilities. These can be sources of amazingly strong energies and
siddhis that Tantriks can obtain with profound Sadhana.
Shiva Loka's essential energy color is light blue, while different shades of blue are
additionally predominant. Pinterest
A striking element of this energy is that it can multiply itself. Thus, regardless of whether a
little amount propagates through you, it can make a tremendous field of energy with the
approval of Shiva.
The other element is that the segments of the energies change periodically, relating to the
Mahayuga of Earth, and bringing about new constituencies each time with the various
changes in the manifestations that emerged through Shiva Loka.
There are even uncommon devices in Shiva Loka and the scents help the gadgets to get
appropriately tuned to keep up the Linga shape of the Cosmos.
The Souls in Shiva Loka

Inside the Shiva, spirits are made. As per Rishis, 30% of the total spirits in the Cosmos are
from Shiva Loka, and that there are no evils in the Shiva Loka. In any case, the powerful
energies of Shiva can be utilized for both good and evil powers of creation.
There are additionally Shiva Ganas, unique spirits made by Shiva to help him in his work.
Each has their work and have some expertise in finishing them. These Ganas are
additionally responsible to teach individuals about Shiva and spread through the Shiva
energy when needed. Approximately 3/4th of the whole works of Shiva is done by Shiva
Ganas.
Nandi has a great amount of Shiva's energy put inside him. Unsplash
Nageshwara and Lord Nandi

In the Hindu scriptures, Nandi is portrayed as the mighty bull which is supposed to be the
vehicle of Shiva to travel back through time and space. According to the Rishis, Nandi is a
personality known as Nandikeshvara and is the backbone of Shiva.
Nandi has a great amount of Shiva's energy put inside him. Thus, Shiva consistently
cooperates and examines a great deal of work together before executing them. He is the
one answerable to deal with all the Shiva Ganas and is additionally the fundamental
channel through which energies and love from Lord Shiva flow to the creation and
mankind. Maybe this is the reason why there is a sculpture of the bull facing the Shiva Linga
in all the Shiva temples.
Nageshwara is likewise responsible to protect Shiva during his work. He is the snake that
encloses Shiva's neck and protects the weak region. He guarantees that nothing can affect
Shiva during his work.
The Third Eye

There is a common thought that the third eye is through which Shiva demolishes creations.
However, this isn't the whole truth. The third eye, indeed, is a complex issue.
It is a special layer in Shiva Loka. The Rishis claim that a large number of galaxies, similar to
units, unique spirits, and Ganas exist in the layer, and it is the place numerous new energies
are made. It is additionally the layer from where knowledge is moved. Our cosmic system is
said to have risen out of his third eye, as per Rishis.
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The Destroyer
Unlike Devi, Shiva doesn't have different aspects, though he is depicted in various forms.
And the core personality of the Shiva Loka is Lord Shiva. Everything that manifests from
the cosmos was initially created by Devi to assist in withdrawing and destroying creation at
various stages too. And destruction is an important part of creation since birth and death is
a profound reality. It is the cycle through which there is a balance in manifestation. The role
of Shiva is to destroy the creation when required. But the function is not only limited to
that. He is the one who destroys creation, along with evil, negativity, stagnation of life. The
destruction doesn't necessarily mean death and pain, but also transformation towards the
light.
Thus, with the manifestations through Shiva, there are a ton of continuous changes
happening that delivers the abundance of new changes throughout everyday life.
Be that as it may, he doesn't intrude on the creation until it is totally necessary. He destroys
when it is important. Additionally, he does it in the correct proportion. After finishing the
destruction cycle, he utilizes the energies from the destroyed manifestation to make new
devices.
Other roles of Shiva

Aside from his function of a destroyer, he is additionally the one who helps the spirit to
experience God without limit. He aids the working and sharing of Adi Shakti's work all
through the cosmoses and galaxies.
He engages with the Rishis to show them the correct path, and offer hope, energy, and love.
There are accounts of how he has incarnated on earth to help Rishis when out of luck.
When he has completed his works, he returns but leaves the energy so other souls can be
impacted by his positive energy. There is additionally the tale about how he lived on Mount
Kailash in the Himalayas, and how Rishis went to the spot to be in contact with his stories.
They claim that about 75% of his energies existed at the spot until 1974. But, when the
Pralaya started, a great amount of these energies moved to different spots. Today, the
Rishis say that the measure of energy remaining maybe around 2% at Mount Kailash.
Shiva also has numerous uncommon gadgets that destroy evil powers. The remarkable
feature about his Gadgets is that if some spirit attempts to misuse it, at that point it gets
powerless on its own. A considerable lot of the gadgets have originated from Shiva Loka, as
indicated by the Rishis.
It is additionally said that when a spirit incarnates into creation, the gender is chosen while
picking the mind in Brahman Loka. Pinterest
He likewise takes help from Goddess Parvati to make new energies. He moves with a ton of
healing energies that have the ability to destroy any reason for disorder or chronic
weakness.
It is additionally said that when a spirit incarnates into creation, the gender is chosen while
picking the mind in Brahman Loka. In the event that the spirit picks the female mind, at
that point, Shiva passes a ton of energies from Devi Parvati onto them.
He also has the ability to expand the life of an individual soul in the material universe,
however, they are observed by the Rishis.
What we think about Shiva is just founded on one Shiva Loka; there are 1007 Shiva Lokas
that have manifested out of Devi, with the utilization of the Vectrum Diamond Principle. In
this way, there must be numerous different capacities that Shiva can have.
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Everything in nutshell
The multifaceted nature of the manifestation in the whole universe isn't totally
understandable by a normal human brain. Rishis claim this to be the "Leela" of supreme
intelligence. However, what can be perceived is that He brings creation, permits us to
encounter life in the creation in this Cosmos, and afterward pulls back it to draw out some
other form.
The divine characters have their positions to handle as well. They aid the organization and
support of the manifestations through which the spirits enter in their journey and advance
through these Lokas. It is Shiva who pulls back and changes the creation and changes
individual spirits as well. His energy is very incredible and the spirits can utilize it for
negative or positive causes as well. Any spirit has the ability to connect up with Shiva
himself, and through which they can get energies, information, and proper direction.
Age of Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Brahm (Kaal) &

Par Brahm Gods
Come let us reveal the hidden spiritual facts from the holy scriptures about the age of
Gods in the Hindu Trimurti / Trinity / Triumvirate ie. Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva whom; to
date; the entire devotee community and the contemporary sages, saints, and
Mandleshwars, etc., believe to be eternal. Great Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj has explained
the age of all gods which has been mentioned in holy scriptures but was never told by
earlier religious preachers. Along with the age of triple gods, we will also tell the age of
their father and grandfather.
The earth where we are living is perishable. This is the region of Devil also known as
Brahm - Kaal. Nothing in this region is everlasting. Holy scriptures like Rigved Mandal
no.10 Sukt 90 Mantra 2 & 3; Atharvaveda Kand no. 4 Anuvak no.1 Mantra no.1, 3, and
4 and Shrimad Bhagawad Gita provide evidence that in the path of devotion there are
three unmanifested / invisible Gods.
1. Kshar Purush/Brahm
2. Akshar Purush/ParBrahm
3. Param Akshar Purush/PuranBrahm
Let us begin to explain the first unmanifested God ie. Brahm - Kaal and what is his set-
up in the universe?.
 The First Unmanifested -Brahm-Kaal

 What is the Age of Brahm (Kaal / Jyoti Niranjan / Kshar Purush)?
 The Second Unmanifested -ParBrahm-Akshar Purush
 What is the Age of ParBrahm/Akshar Purush?
 The Third Unmanifested –Puran Brahm-Param Akshar Purush
 What is the Age of Param Akshar Brahm / Satpurush, the complete God?
The First Unmanifested - Brahm-Kaal?

In Gita chapter 7 verse 24-25 - The giver of the knowledge of Gita ie. Brahm-Kaal tells
himself that ‘these foolish people consider the unmanifested/ invisible me (Kaal) to have
incarnated in human form as Krishan. I remain hidden by my mystic powers therefore,
do not appear before everyone ie. remain invisible. This ignorant world does not know
my eternal character of not appearing to anyone by any religious practice.
Ref: Kabir Sagar Chapter "Swasamved Bodh" page no. 96 and "Shwansh Gunjar" page no. 21 and
"Anurag Sagar" page no. 26 and Sukshma Veda
Brahm-Kaal is a devil who is the owner of only twenty-one universes which are mortal.
He is a deceiver who is punished due to his misconduct. He is being cursed by Almighty
KavirDev to eat grime of one-lacs subtle human bodies every day and produce 1.25
lacs every day, therefore, he remains unmanifested/invisible. He is the husband of
Goddess Durga, and the father of Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva (Mahesh/Rudra). Brahm-Kaal,
Goddess Durga and his 21 universes are not eternal but their age is very long. For
details please read How Souls were Caught in Kaal's Trap
Before explaining the age of Brahm-Kaal let us brief the readers about his three sons
and what is their age?
 What is the Age of Rajogun Brahma?

 What is the Age of Satogun Vishnu?
 What is the Age of Tamogun Shiva?
 What is the Age of Brahm (Kaal / Jyoti Niranjan / Kshar Purush)?
Evidence from pious Shrimad Devi Bhagwat and pious Shiv Mahapuran state that Gods
of Hindu triumvirate are in the cycle of birth and death. They are not immortal. The
same evidence is also provided in the pious Shrimad Bhagavad Gita.
What is the Age of Rajogun Brahma?

Brahma Ji is the eldest son of Goddess Durga and Shaitan Brahm-Kaal who is
responsible only for the Rajogun department in the twenty-one universes of Jyoti
Niranjan. Goddess Saraswati (Durga’s form representing Goddess of Knowledge) is the
consort of Brahma Ji. Brahma Ji in his idols and pictures is portrayed as an old man
who has four heads facing in four directions. He is never portrayed as holding any
weapon rather he is represented holding symbols of wisdom, knowledge, and creation.
Brahma Ji takes birth and dies. He is not eternal. For details please read All About of
Lord Brahma.
Calculation of a Divya Varsh / God year
One day of Brahma = 1000 (one thousand) Chaturyuga (four yugas) and the same is
the duration of the night.
One Chaturyug has 43,20,000 years of human beings
One month =30 days and nights
One year = 12 months
Brahma’s age is 100 years (Divya Varsh / God years).
{Note: - In one day of Brahma Ji, the term of rule of 14 Indra ends. The term of rule of
one Indra is 72 Chaturyuga. Therefore, in reality, one day of Brahma Ji is of 72 × 14 =
1008 Chaturyuga, and the same is the duration of the night, but for sake of simplicity it
is taken as one thousand Chaturyuga only.}
One Chaukri (Chaturyuga) is made up of four Yugas which are as follows.
1. Satyug, which is 1728000 years

2. Treta Yug, which is of 1296000 years
3. Dwapar Yug, which is 864000 years
4. Kalyug, which is of 432000 years.
Total 4.32 million human years
Month = 30 × 2000 = 60000 (sixty thousand) chaturyuga
Year = 12 × 60000 = 720000 (seven lakh twenty thousand) chaturyuga
Age of Brahma - 720000 × 100 = 72000000 (seven crore twenty lakh) chaturyuga.
What is the Age of Satogun Vishnu?

Vishnu Ji is the younger brother of Brahma Ji, the second child of Goddess Durga and
Shaitan Brahm-Kaal who has been given the responsibility of the Satogun department
in the twenty-one universes of his father Jyoti Niranjan (Kaal). Vishnu is the preserver,
who protects beings at the time when they are threatened by evils. The blue-skin Vishnu
is portrayed in pictures and idols as reclining on Sheshnag, while he drifts in the
primordial ocean dressed in finest jewels and clothes accompanied by his consort
Goddess Laxmi (Durga’s form representing Goddess of wealth) and Garuda (his animal
companion) bearing conch shell, a lotus flower, a war discuss called ‘Sudarshan
Chakra’ and a mace in his four arms. For details please read Brief Summary of Shri
Vishnu Puran.
Age of Vishnu is seven times that of Brahma.
72000000 × 7 = 504000000 (fifty crore forty lakh) Chaturyuga
What is the Age of Tamogun Shiva

Shiva is the youngest brother of Brahma Ji. He is the junior-most in Hindu triumvirate
and is the third child of Goddess Durga and Shaitan Brahm-Kaal who has been given
the responsibility of the Tamogun department in the twenty-one universes of his father
Jyoti Niranjan (Kaal). He is portrayed as a hermit being dressed in animal skins with
dreadlocked hair. He destroys as his role is to prepare food for his father, Brahm-Kaal.
For details please read Shiv Puran.
Age of Shiv is seven times that of Vishnu
504000000 × 7 = 3528000000 (three Arab 52 crore 80 lakh) chaturyuga
Ref: Speech of worshipable Almighty KavirDev
Note: The present Brahma who is seated on the position of the head of the Rajogun
department has attained the age of 50 years. He is running in his 51st year. Brahm-Kaal
and Durga residing in the form of MahaBrahma and MahaSavitri in their secret region
‘Brahamlok’ act as husband-wife, they create and keep one pious and eligible soul in a
coma there till present Brahma completes his tenure. Then they make that soul-
conscious and provide the responsibility of the Rajogun department. The current
Brahma dies and goes in 84 lakh life forms in different species. He enjoys pleasures in
heaven also bears the pain in hell and takes birth as a human.
The same happens with Vishnu and Shiva; after completing their tenure the next eligible
soul is given the responsibility of the respective department. In the form of MahaVishnu
and MahaLakshmi, they create the next Vishnu and in the form of MahaShiv and
MahaParvati, they give birth to the next Shiva. Then these three further do creation,
preservation, and destruction in 21 universes. This vicious cycle continues in the region
of Shaitan-Kaal.
Having understood the age of Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva now we will calculate the age of
their father, the first unmanifested God ie. Brahm-Kaal.
What is the Age of Brahm (Kaal / Jyoti Niranjan / Kshar Purush)

In Gita chapter 4 verse 5 & 9 Brahm-Kaal tells Arjun that ‘You and I have had several
births, you do not know, I know’.
In Gita chapter 2 verse 12 to his own self Brahm-Kaal says ‘he is mortal’
This proves that the owner of 21 universes who has one-thousand arms (Rigveda
Mandal no. 10 Sukt 90 Mantra no.1) is so powerful yet he is in the cycle of birth and
death.
Age: After the death of 70,000 (seventy thousand) Trilokiye Shiv, there is death of one
Brahmlokiye MahaShiv i.e. SadaShiv-Kaal (Brahm).
The Second Unmanifested ParBrahm Akshar Purush?

ParBrahm – Akshar Purush is the owner of only 7 Shankh (700 quadrillion) universes.
He has Ten-Thousand arms (Evidence Shree Vishnu Puran part 1 Adhyay 9 Shlok 53
on page 32). Although he is stronger and his life is longer than Brahm-Kaal still he is in
the cycle of birth and death. His 7 Shankh universe along with all creatures residing
there are mortal.
Gita Chapter 8 Verse 17
Sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahaH yat brahmaṇH viduH

Rātriṁ yuga-sahasrāntāṁ te ’aho-rātra-vidoH janāH || 17 ||
Translation: (brahmaṇH) of ParBrahm (yat) who (ahaH) one day (Sahasra-yuga-

paryantam) of one thousand years yugas/age duration and (Rātriṁ) night also (yuga-
sahasrāntāṁ) lasts till one thousand years yugas/age duration (viduH) knows the
element (te) they (janāH) Tatvadarshi Saint (aho-rātra-vidoH) is the knower of the
element of day and night.
Translation: One day of ParBraham, one who knows that one thousand years
yugas/age duration also the night of one thousand years yugas/age duration by the
element. That knower of the element of day and night is the Tatvadarshi (enlightened)
Saint.
Note - In the translation of Gita chapter 8 verse 17 other translators have mentioned
one day of Brahma of one thousand ‘Chaturyuga’ which is not correct because in the
original text ‘Sahasra-yuga’ is written not ‘Chaturyuga’. It has been written ‘brahmaṇH’
not ‘Brahma’. In this Shloka 17; it has been mentioned about ParBrahm (Akshar
Purush) and not about Brahma. Due to the lack of true spiritual knowledge, these
ignorants have distorted the correct meaning.
In Gita chapter 8 verse 18-19 – there is a description of ParBrahm. It has been

mentioned that ‘the entire world advent during the day is produced from Akshar Purush
who is unmanifested/invisible and at the fall of the night all embodied beings disappear
again into this unmanifested’.
What is the Age of ParBrahm / Akshar Purush

One yug of ParBrahm = the age of one Brahmlokiye Shiva ie. MahaShiva (Brahm-Kaal).
When one Brahm (Kaal / Kshar Purush) dies it is one yug of ParBrahm. Such one
thousand yugas make one day of ParBrahm (Akshar Purush) and the same is the
duration of a night. This means two-thousand yugas.
One month = 30 days
One year = 12 months
The age of Par Brahm = 100 years.
After the end of one day of ParBrahm, 21 universes of Brahm-Kaal are destroyed. Then
Brahm-Kaal and Prakriti Devi (Durga) die. After the end of one night of ParBrahm
(which is of one thousand yugas); and at the beginning of his day; the rebirth happens
of Brahm-Kaal and Durga. Then, they do the creation in one brahmand (universe) as
earlier. In this way, one day of ParBrahm (Akshar Purush) is one thousand yugas and
the same are nights.
For details please read Establishment of ParBrahm Seven Sankh Brahmands.
Important: After the death of seven ‘Trilokiye’ Brahma (Rajogun equipped son of
Brahm-Kaal) one ‘Trilokiye’ Vishnu Ji dies and after the death of seven ‘Trilokiye’ Vishnu
(Satogun equipped son of Brahm-Kaal) one ‘Trilokiye’ Shiva (Tamogun equipped son of
Brahm-Kaal) dies. After the death of such 70,000 (seventy thousand that is 0.7 lacs)
‘Trilokiye’ Shiva one ‘Brahmlokiye’ MahaShiva (SadaShiv that is Brahm-Kaal) dies. One
yuga (age) of ParBrahma (Akshar Purush) is equal to the age of one ‘Brahmlokiye’
MahaShiva. After the death of such one-thousand yugas (age) that is one thousand
‘Brahmlokiye’ Shiva (Brahm-Kaal himself resides in Brahmlok in MahaShiv form) the
twenty-one universes of Brahm-Kaal destroy. Therefore, it has been mentioned here,
one day of ParBrahm which is of one thousand yugas (age) and similar are the nights.
The bottom line is that despite having such huge ages, they all are still in birth
and death.
The Third Unmanifested –Puran Brahm-Param Akshar Purush?

In Gita chapter 15 verses 16-17 and chapter 8 verse 20-22; the knowledge giver of Gita
tells about another PurnaBrahm (complete God) apart from himself who in reality is
immortal.
What is the Age of Param Akshar Brahm / Satpurush?

In Gita chapter 8 verse 20 it is said that apart from the unmanifested ParBrahm
mentioned in chapter 8 verse 18-19 there is yet another Sanatan unmanifested/invisible
Satpurush called PuranBrahm, the complete God. That ultimate divine is eternal even
when all living entities cease. That unmanifested/invisible Puran Brahm is never
destroyed even after the destruction of all beings. He resides in the ultimate abode
Sanatan Param Dham ie. ‘Satlok’. He is in human form and his body is highly effulgent.
The brightness of one hair follicle of his body is more than the brightness of millions of
Sun. He is the creator of the universe. He is only worthy to be worshipped.
Conclusion: This human body made up of five elements will destroy one day. This is
definite. There is no trace of peace and happiness in this perishable world of
Satan/Brahm-Kaal. Therefore, this is the advice to all; if you also want to attain the
eternal peace and the same highly radiant body made up of just one element
‘Nooritatva’ which is non-perishable and want to get rid of the long illness of birth and
rebirth and want a permanent residence in ‘Shashwat Param Dham’ ie ‘Satlok’ then take
refuge of great Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj. Take initiation, do true worship of supreme
God, KavirDev, and become eligible for the attainment of salvation.
Then Purana Became the Source of all the Sciences…
Padma Purana, Section I, Ch. 1, v. 50
The Puranic Universe: The Sanskrit word purana means ancient. To

associate the word with anything modern may at first seem incongruous. To
suggest that the ancient Hindu texts, the Puranas, have anything in common
with modern science will appear incredible to most. And yet, that is what a
nuanced reading of the Puranas suggests.
The Puranas are one of the three widely known sets of texts in the Hindu faith,
along with the Vedas and the Itihasas. Vedic hymns are recited at significant
events in a person’s life cycle–such as naming ceremony, marriage and others.
The Itihasas are considered history, a record of what happened. The authors of
the two Itihasas, Maharishi Vyasa and Valmiki, were not just alive during the
time of the epics but were themselves a part of the narrative. The Itihasas have
been translated, abridged, widely read and analyzed. The Puranas, however,
have not attracted as much attention. For the most part, they have been mined
for their amazing stories and their dharmic and cultural symbolisms.
My reading of the Puranic texts began with the Matsya Purana. I wasn’t sure of
what to expect, probably a collection of stories about the various divinities. The
Matsya Purana turned out to be of a text of great sophistication and kept me so
engrossed that I went on to study the Shiva and the Bhagavata Puranas as
well.
It was hard to find the translations of the other Puranas, so I had to download
and print scanned PDFs of old publications to continue my journey. As I read
on, it became apparent that the Puranas were more than just a collection of
charming stories. I have had a fascination with the space sciences and
cosmology since my days at school. The resonance of these stories with current
science was becoming increasingly difficult to explain away as just
happenstance.
On the Lifecycle of Sun: A significant set of stories in the Puranic texts relates
to the sun. The lifecycle of a star such as our sun, as understood by science,
consists of five stages. They are birth, wild youth (yes, even stars do have
them), the current mature stage, the Red Giant stage and finally, death as a
White Dwarf.
The first two stages are

described allegorically, through stories. The story of the birth is that of the Sun
God Martanda, born of Sage Kashyap and Aditi. The juvenile stage of the star
and its subsequent maturity are appropriately described through the marriage
of the Sun God, here named Vivasvan, with Samjna. Each of these can be read
as charming tales, but the details presented and our current knowledge of the
sun’s lifecycle make the allegory obvious.
The last two stages of the Red Giant and the White Dwarf are straight out
descriptions in the Puranas. The implications of a Red Giant Sun for our planet
is currently an area of investigation for science. For this to be discussed in eye-
watering detail in a text of this antiquity is staggering.
Let us take the example of the Red Giant stage of the Sun. Scientists today
hold forth that the sun will enter this stage in about 5 billion years and could
grow up to 100 times its current size. Current models suggest that the sun’s orb
is likely to envelop Mercury and Venus and come close to the earth, making the
planet earth extremely hot. The adjacent image (source: phys.org) is an artist’s
impression of the Red Giant sun close to the planet Earth.
The Puranas term the sun in this stage as the Samvartakaditya, the ‘sun that
destroys the world.’ The Brahmanda Purana’s description of the sun heating
the earth starts with the planet experiencing a severe drought. As a result of
this, many of the animals and plants die and are turned to dust.
133-136a. On account of it, only those living beings deficient in strength

or having very little potentiality on the surface of the earth become
dissolved and get mingled with the dust.
As this Sun grows in size, it gets closer to the earth, further heating it. Due to
the heat, the water in the oceans turns to vapor.
136b -140. Seven rays of the sun that blazes in the sky sucking up water,
drink water from the great ocean.
Heated by the Sun, the earth slowly becomes a blazing red ball, similar to the
artist's impression in the image above.
157b-159. Getting the fiery splendour transmitted to it, the entire universe
slowly assumes the form of a huge block of iron and shines thus.
(Brahmanda Purana, Book III, Section iv, Ch. 1)
The verses above are a sample from an extensive passage in the Brahmanda
Purana. The level of detail in the text is astounding.
Following this, we have the Sun collapsing to become a White Dwarf. It leads
to torrential rains and the submergence of the planet in Ekarnava, the one vast
ocean.
The Story of the Moon: The Puranas similarly have many references to the
Moon. Many of us may recall the story of the Moon, having 27 wives.
21. Daksa, the son of Pracetas, gave in marriage to the Moon the twenty-
seven Daksayanis (daughters of Daksa) of great holy rites, whom they
know as the stars. (Brahmanda Purana, Book II, Section iii, Ch. 65)
The path of the Moon’s orbit around the Earth is divided into 27 equal parts in
the Indian Nakshatra system. The lunar month is 27.3 days, and 27 is the
nearest whole number. The Moon is seen every dawn next to a
new nakshatra. This is taken to mean it had spent the night with that nakshatra,
with that wife! Hence the story of the moon having 27 wives, the 27 nakshatra.
The scientific view is that the Moon originated from the impact of a
smaller Mars-sized planet with the earth. This is called the Giant Impact
hypothesis. The cataclysmic collision resulted in a large cloud of debris that
orbited the earth. Over time, the dust in this cloud clumped together to form the
moon. The adjacent illustrations (source: OpenLearn) are a simulation of the
last two stages of this event. This is a field of study that is not considered settled,
and this hypothesis has a few variants.
In this Puranic story,

the Moon spends all his time with Rohini, ignoring his other 26 wives, Rohini’s
sisters. Daksha, the moon’s father-in-law, curses him to waste away by
consumption, for not treating all his daughters equally!
A Moon that is always in one place in the sky (close to one star) is a Moon
headed towards the earth. The debris of the resulting collision spreads in a
region of space called the Kshiroda Sagara. This region of space is ‘churned’
to make the Moon manifest again. This is a complex story and is explained in
some detail in a new book, I have just published.
The book is titled ‘From the Beginning of Time.’ It examines the universe of the
Puranas in five parts. These are the Sun, the Moon, the Earth, the Bhumandala
and the Lokas (Deva and Patala loka). The descriptions of the five parts create
a collage of the Puranic universe. The story of the descent of the Ganga links
to these narratives and demonstrates that they are not just disparate accounts.
The Extraterrestrial Origins of Ganga: The Ganga is not just the river that is
much revered in India. The story of its descent to the Earth is really the story of
the extraterrestrial origin of the Earth’s waters, as understood by modern
science. The models describing the early Earth suggest it would have been too
hot to hold liquid water on its surface.
The Ganga is described in the Bhagavata Purana as descending from the

heavens and covering the Brahmanda.
1. Through that opening, rushed in the stream of waters, covering

externally the cosmic egg. (Bhagavata Purana, Book V, Ch. 17)
The Puranas also have the well-known story of the Ganga being brought down
from the heavens as a result of King Bhagirath’s penance. The waters are held
in an intermediate region, the “matted locks” of Shiva, who then releases the
waters so they can safely reach the earth.
As mentioned earlier, the scientific perspective is that the Earth’s waters have
extraterrestrial origins. In light of this, the Herschel Space Observatory, a
project of the European Space Agency, has been chartered to track down the
sources of water in space. Here is a note from its website:
In fact, water has been observed in celestial objects as diverse as

planets, moons, stars, star-forming clouds, and even beyond our Milky
Way, in the stellar cradles of other galaxies. (ESA, Herschel, The cosmic
water trail uncovered by Herschel, Sep. 2019)
There are two regions of

space surrounding the earth with water (ice), the Kuiper Belt and the Oort
Cloud. The Kuiper Belt has objects that are frozen volatiles, such as ammonia,
methane and water. The accompanying illustration (source: Wikipedia) shows
the Kuiper Belt objects locations relative to the planets in our solar system.
A class of comets originates from the Kuiper Belt headed towards the sun.
When some of these enter the earth’s atmosphere, the heat of entry vaporizes
the ice, which later falls to the earth as rain. The Oort Cloud, which is much
further out, is hypothesized to have a different class of comets, also containing
water. And so, we have water being held in an intermediate region of space
surrounding the earth and safely reaching our planet in the form of comets, as
described in the Puranas.
Scientific Validation of the Puranic Universe: The Puranic texts are

encyclopedic in nature. They cover a wide range of topics, from music to
medicine, each not in great detail. However, if we compile references specific
to one area, say the Sun, from multiple Puranas, a consistent narrative begins
to emerge. It is this narrative that the book From the Beginning of Time seeks
to uncover. The book, in the process, cites verses from over a dozen different
texts, the Puranas and others.
The narrative for each part is, at first, tested for two attributes: their ability to be
as close to the current day scientific perspective as the interpretation of the
texts will allow and to stand as a coherent and plausible sequence of events. A
third test is to see if these five narratives work well with each other. The book
concludes with additional validation using external sources. The various events
in the Puranas have been sequenced on a timeline, from the start of the Varaha
Kalpa, the current creation. When this is compared to what we can infer from
the geological records, the level of correlation is surprising.
The book thus looks at Puranic texts through the lens of modern science. The
Puranic narratives often align with current science, but there are also a few
divergences. That said, science itself is not static. The book makes the case
that if this exploration had been carried out about 200 years ago, most of
what current day science tells us regarding the lifecycle of the Sun or the origin
of the Moon, would not have been known to “scientists” of that era. Therefore,
Puranic stories regarding the origin of the Universe would all have been seen
as flights of fantasy or spinning a mythology.
But now that current day scientists know lot better, they would benefit a great
deal by taking cues from Puranic texts to further their scientific research on
these vital issues. This would in turn steer us away from some of the more
frivolous interpretations of Puranas and help us sift the grain from chaff. I do not
profess to be an expert in all the cosmological sciences. But I do believe that a
creative conversation between modern day science and the metaphorical
language of science embedded in the Puranas will be of benefit to both. As a
result of this process, a new framework for scientific enquiry may well evolve to
help uncover the scientific knowledge coded in the Puranic texts, as is being
already done for the Vedas.
Navratri – Significance and Science behind the 9

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By honoring the unfathomable power of Goddess Durga in defeating a buffalo-headed demon,

Mahishasura, Navratri celebrates the feminine nature of the divine. Navratri is a Sanskrit term where
‘Nav’ translates to ‘nine’ and ‘Ratri’ to ‘night’.
Also known as Durga Puja, this festival comes five times a year: Chaitra Navratri, Gupta Navratri,
Sharada Navratri or Maha Navratri, Paush Navratri, Magha Navratri. Among these, Chaitra Navratri
and Sharada Navratri are most popular. This 9-night, 10-day festival bears high religious, spiritual,
and cultural significance.
What do 9 nights of Navratri stand for?

As per the Kalpas (Puranas), there are three dimensions of Shakti (the feminine
energy): Mahakali (strength or power), Mahalakshmi (wealth, passion and material well-being),
and Mahasaraswati (knowledge, dissolution, transcendence of the limitations of the mortal body).
They are believed to represent the cosmos as the Earth, the Sun and the Moon.
They are also symbolic of the 3 gunas (virtues/qualities): tamas

(inertia), rajas (activity, passion) and sattva (knowledge, purity), respectively. Therefore, the first
three days are dedicated to Durga or Kali, the next three to Lakshmi, and the last three to
Saraswati. The tenth day is called Vijayadashmi (or Dussehra) where ‘Vijaya’ means victory – of
good over evil, the victory of Lord Rama over the ten-headed demon king, Ravana.
Ravana’s ten heads represent ten negative qualities –

Kaam (Lust),
Krodh (Anger),
Lobh (Greed),
Moh (Attachment),
Ahankar (Ego),
Bhay (Fear),
Irshya (Jealousy),
Jadta (Inertia),
Dvesh (Hate),
and Paschataap (Guilty).
Hence, this day also signifies victory over our own minds.
या दे वी सववभूतेषु ववष्णुमायेवत शब्दिता।

नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः॥
Transliteration:
yā devī sarvabhūteṣu viṣṇumāyeti śabditā।
namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ॥
Hindi translation:
जो सभी प्रावियोों में व्यक्त ववष्णु की माया है, उस दे वी को नमन है।
English translation:
The goddess who is invoked in all beings as Viṣṇu's māyā, we bow down to her.
Source: तन्त्रोक्तों दे वीसू क्तम् (tantroktaṃ devīsūktam)
Day 1 of 9 - Devi Shailaputri

Shailaputri (शैलपुत्री), is the daughter of the Mountain King Himavat and is a manifestation and form of
the Hindu mother goddess Mahadevi, representing herself as the pure form of goddess Parvati. She
is the first Navadurga venerated during the first day of Navratri and is a reincarnation of Goddess
Sati.
या दे वी सववभूतेषु ववष्णुमायेवत शब्दिता।

Transliteration:
yā devī sarvabhūteṣu śaktirūpeṇa saṃsthitā।
Hindi translation:
जो सभी प्रावियोों में शब्दक्त के रूप में ब्दथित है, उस दे वी को नमन है।
The goddess who is manifest in all beings as strength, we bow down to her.
Day 2 of 9 - Devi Brahmacharini

Brahmacharini (ब्रह्मचारििी) means a devoted female student who lives in an Ashram with her Guru
along with other students. She is the second aspect of the Navadurga forms of Mahadevi The
goddess is worshipped on the second day of Navaratri (the nine divine nights of Navadurga). The
goddess Brahmacharini wears white clothes and holds a Japa mala in her right hand and
Kamandala, a water utensil in her left hand.
या दे वी सववभूतेषु दयारूपेि सोंब्दथिता।

Transliteration:
yā devī sarvabhūteṣu dayārūpeṇa saṃsthitā।
Hindi translation:
जो सभी प्रावियोों में दया के रूप में ब्दथित है, उस दे वी को नमन है।
The goddess who is manifest in all beings as compassion, we bow down to her.
Day 3 of 9 - Chandraghanta
Chandraghanta (चोंद्रघोंटा) means "one who has a half-moon shaped like a bell. Her third eye is always
opened and she is always ready for war against demons". She is also known as Chandrakhanda,
Chandika or Rannchandi. Her worship takes place on the third day of Navaratri (the nine divine
nights of Navadurga). She is believed to reward people with her grace, bravery and courage. By her
grace, all the sins, distresses, physical sufferings, mental tribulations and ghostly hurdles of the
devotees are eradicated.
या दे वी सववभूतेषु ववद्यारूपेि सोंब्दथिता।

Transliteration:
yā devī sarvabhūteṣu vidyārūpeṇa saṃsthitā।
Hindi translation:
जो सभी प्रावियोों में ववद्या के रूप में ब्दथित है, उस दे वी को नमन है।
The goddess who is manifest in all beings as knowledge, we bow down to her.
Day 4 of 9 - Kushmanda
Kushmanda (कूष्माण्डा), the name signals her main role: Ku means "a little", Ushma means "warmth"
or "energy" and Anda means "cosmic egg". Kushmanda is worshipped on the fourth day of the
festival of Navaratri and she is believed to improve health and bestow wealth and strength. Goddess
Kushmanda has eight hands and because of that, She is also known as Ashtabhuja Devi. It is
believed that all the power to bestow Siddhis and Niddhis is located in her Jap Mala.
या दे वी सववभूतेषु शाब्दिरूपेि सोंब्दथिता।

Transliteration:
yā devī sarvabhūteṣu śāntirūpeṇa saṃsthitā।
Hindi translation:
जो सभी प्रावियोों में शाब्दि के रूप में ब्दथित है, उस दे वी को नमन है।
The goddess who is manifest in all beings as peace, we bow down to her.
Day 5 of 9 - Skandamata
Skandamātā (स्कन्दमाता) - the name comes from Skanda, an alternate name for the war god
Kartikeya, and Mātā, meaning mother. As one of the Navadurga, the worship of Skandamātā takes
place on the fifth day of Navaratri. Her abode is in Vishuddha chakra. Skandamātā is four-armed,
three-eyed, and rides on a lion. One of her hands is in the fear-dispelling Abhayamudra position
while the other is used to hold the infant form of her son Skanda on her lap. Her remaining two
hands are typically shown holding lotus flowers.
या दे वी सववभूतेषु मातृ रूपेि सोंब्दथिता।

Transliteration:
yā devī sarvabhūteṣu mātṛrūpeṇa saṃsthitā।
Hindi translation:
जो सभी प्रावियोों में माता के रूप में ब्दथित है, उस दे वी को नमन है।
The goddess who is manifest in all beings as Mother, we bow down to her.
Day 6 of 9 - Katyayani
Katyayani (कात्यायनी) is seen as the slayer of the tyrannical demon Mahishasura. In Yoga and Tantra,
she is ascribed to the sixth Ajna Chakra or the Third eye chakra and her blessings are invoked by
concentrating on this point. She is first mentioned in the Taittiriya Aranyaka part of the Yajurveda.
Skanda Purana mentions her being created out of the spontaneous anger of Gods, which eventually
led to slaying the demon, Mahishasura, mounted on the lion.
या दे वी सववभूतेषु वृविरूपेि सोंब्दथिता।

Transliteration:
yā devī sarvabhūteṣu vṛttirūpeṇa saṃsthitā।
Hindi translation:
जो सभी प्रावियोों में वृवि (स्वभाव) के रूप में ब्दथित है, उस दे वी को नमन है।
The goddess who is manifest in all beings as Nature (character), we bow down to her.
Day 7 of 9 - Kalaratri
Kalaratri (कालिावत्र) is considered the fiercest form of the Mother Goddess, her appearance itself
invoking fear. This form of Goddess is believed to be the destroyer of all demon entities, ghosts, evil
spirits and negative energies, who flee upon knowing of her arrival. Kaalratri is also known as
Shubankari (शुभोंकिी) - meaning auspicious/doing good in Sanskrit, due to the belief that she always
provides auspicious results to her devotees. Hence, it is believed that she makes her devotees
fearless.
या दे वी सववभूतेषुच्छायारूपेि सोंब्दथिता।
Transliteration:
yā devī sarvabhūteṣucchāyārūpeṇa saṃsthitā।
Hindi translation:
जो सभी प्रावियोों में छाया के रूप में ब्दथित है, उस दे वी को नमन है।
The goddess who is manifest in all beings the power of reflection, we bow down to her.
Day 8 of 9 - Mahagauri
Mahagauri (महागौिी) has the power to fulfill all the desires of her devotees. The name Mahagauri
means extremely bright, clean complexioned, with a shine like the moon. (Mahā, महा = great; Gaurī,
गौिी = bright, clean). Mahagauri is usually depicted with four hands, the hands holding a trident, fear
dispelling gesture, and drum, while the fourth is in a blessing gesture.She rides a white bull, usually
shown wearing white clothes.
या दे वी सववभूतेषु काब्दिरूपेि सोंब्दथिता।

Transliteration:
yā devī sarvabhūteṣu kāntirūpeṇa saṃsthitā।
Hindi translation:
जो सभी प्रावियोों में काब्दि के रूप में ब्दथित है, उस दे वी को नमन है।
The goddess who is manifest in all beings as beauty, we bow down to her.
Day 9 of 9 - Siddhidhatri
Siddhidhatri (वसब्दिदात्री) - Siddhi means supernatural power or meditative ability, and Dhatri means
giver or awarder. In this form Durga is seated on a lotus and is four-armed. She holds a lotus, mace,
Chakra and shankha. Siddhidhatri removes ignorance and provides the knowledge.
या दे वी सववभूतेषु बुब्दिरूपेि सोंब्दथिता।

Transliteration:
yā devī sarvabhūteṣu buddhirūpeṇa saṃsthitā।
Hindi translation:
जो सभी प्रावियोों में बुब्दि के रूप में ब्दथित है, उस दे वी को नमन है।
The goddess who is manifest in all beings as intellect, we bow down to her.

Source: कनकधािा-स्तोत्रम् 18
Sanskrit transcript:
सिबसजबनलये सि जहस्ते धवलतमाों शुगन्धमाल्यश भे ।
भगवबत हरिवल्लभे मन ज्ञे बिभुवनभूबतकरि प्रसीद मह्यम् ॥
Transliteration:
sarasijanilaye sarojahaste dhavalatamāṃśugandhamālyaśobhe ।
bhagavati harivallabhe manojñe tribhuvanabhūtikari prasīda mahyam ॥
Hindi translation:
आप कमल में िहने वाले, हाि में कमल धािि किने वाले, सफेद वस्त्ोों, सु गोंधोों औि मालाओों से सु शोवभत,
सुों दि ववष्णु वप्रया औि तीनोों लोकोों को समृ ब्दि दे नेवाली हैं। हे दे वी मु झ पि कृपा किो।
तीनोों लोकोों को समृ ब्दि दे नेवाली, हे दे वी, मु झ पि कृपा किो ।
You are the one who lives in the lotus, holding the lotus in your hand,
adorned with white garments, scents, and garlands,
the beautiful Vishnupriya and the one who gives prosperity to the three worlds.
O Goddess, bless me
Source: Bhavānyaṣṭakam 7
बववादे बवषादे प्रमादे प्रवासे जले चानले पववते शिुमध्ये।
अिण्ये शिण्ये सदा माों प्रपाबह गबतस्त्वों गबतस्त्वों त्वमे का भवाबन॥
Transliteration:
vivāde viṣāde pramāde pravāse jale cānale parvate śatrumadhye।
araṇye śaraṇye sadā māṃ prapāhi gatistvaṃ gatistvaṃ tvamekā bhavāni॥
Hindi translation:
वववाद, ववषाद, प्रमाद, या प्रवास में , जल, अवि, अिवा पववत में , शत्रुओों के बीच, औि जोंगल में , मेिी िक्षा किो, तुम ही
शिण्य हो। तुम ही िास्ता हो, एकमात्र तुम ही िास्ता हो, मााँ भवानी।
During the dispute, despair, intoxication, or travelling, in water, fire, or mountains, amidst enemies,
and in the forest, protect me, for you are my refuge. You are the way, the only way, Bhavani!
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Source: Markandeya Purana, Devi Mahatyam 88.9
सवव मङ्गल माङ्गल्ये बशवे सवाव थवसाबधके।
शिण्ये त्र्यम्बके गौरि नािायबि नम ऽस्तु ते॥
Transliteration:
sarva maṅgala māṅgalye śive sarvārthasādhike।
śaraṇye tryambake gauri nārāyaṇi namo’stu te॥
Hindi translation:
सभी मों गलो में मङ्गलमयी, कल्यािकािी, सभी मनोििो को पूिव किने वाली,
शििागत वत्सला, तीन नेत्रो वाली वशव की पत्नी आपको नमस्काि है।
Auspiciousness of all things auspicious! O consort of Shiva, fulfiller of all our goals!
Our only refuge! O three-eyed Gauri! O Narayani! Our salutations to you.
Source: Devyāparādha-Kṣamāpana Stotra 10

आपत्सु मग्नः स्मििों त्वदीयों कि बम दु गे करुिािववेबश ।
नैतच्छठत्वों मम भावयेथाः क्षुधातृषाताव जननी ों स्मिन्ति ॥१०॥
Transliteration:
āpatsu magnaḥ smaraṇaṃ tvadīyaṃ karomi durge karuṇārṇaveśi ।
naitacchaṭhatvaṃ mama bhāvayethāḥ kṣudhātṛṣārtā jananīṃ smaranti ॥10॥
Hindi translation:
जब भी मैं समस्याओों में डूबता हाँ, मैं आपका स्मिि किता हाँ। यह मे िी सच्ची भावना है, कोई झूठ नही ों।
क्ोोंवक, अगि कोई बालक भू खा औि प्यासा हो, तो वह अपनी माता का ही स्मिि किता है।
Whenever I am sunk in difficulties in life, o Mother Durga, I remember you, an ocean of compassion.
These are my true feelings for you and not falsity.
Because When children are afflicted with hunger and thirst, they naturally remember their Mother
(only).
Every year different colors, what is the math behind it?

The secret of the color change lies in the weekday on which Pratipada, the first day of Navaratri,
falls. The remaining eight days follow a fixed cycle of colors. The first Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be having White, Red, Royal blue, Yellow,
Green, Grey and Orange, respectively. Hence, 7 colors are covered by one-week cycle. In second
cycle of week, the first repeating week day follows Pink and purple and/or sky blue, alternatively.
Hence, 2 colors cover the remaining 2 days.
Each color has different significance and brings different effect in one’s life, here’s what they mean –
Color Significance
Royal blue – Strong energy and tranquility
Yellow – Happiness, bring optimism and confidence
Green – Represents prosperity and unconditional love
Grey – Show dignity & connects to the divine power and provide protection
Orange – The color of fame, name, and money
White – The symbol of peace, prayer, faith, and strength
Red – This is the favorite color of goddess Durga, it defines power and passion
Pink – Represents hope and the new beginning
What exactly is fasting during Navratri?

Fast does not mean ‘not eating’. Rather it basically means controlling the desires and simultaneously
cultivating positive mental attitudes. Desires can be of many types: to eat tasty food, smell, listen to
a particular music, lust etc.
Fast, therefore, can be of many types. Food fast means controlling the desires for food items which
you otherwise may not resist eating.
In Navratri, during the first three days, a person is required to indulge in activities which reduce the
negativity in the body.
The physical purification involves regular bath (of the external body as well as various orifices);
mental bath which involves self-confession exercises, and willful attempts not to think negative.
During these days, a person tries to restrain himself/herself from thinking, speaking or doing any
activity which can harm another person. These negative thoughts should also not be suppressed or
repressed as otherwise, they will manifest into some internal diseases.
The next three days, after the negativity in the mind, has been reduced, involves building positivity in
the mind by way of various positive mental exercises. The last three days involve reading and
understanding good scriptures and learning from the sins of others.
Once you have bid goodbye to negativity in the first three days (representing Kali) and have built up
happiness and positivity in the mind (representing Lakshmi) the only thing left is to acquire spiritual
knowledge (representing Saraswati).
During these last three days, a person is purified enough to understand and grasp the knowledge of
‘Self’ and to understands and discriminate between good and bad.
After the nine days of self-discipline is complete, the person acquires inner happiness which is
nothing but one’s exposure or appointment with the true self or the consciousness (Rama). That is
what Dussehra is with the killing of Tamas (Kumbhakarana), Rajas (Meghnath) and ego (Ravana).
The same interpretation lies in the Navratri ending up with Dussehra – the win over the ego and
attaining inner happiness.
What is the scientific reason behind fasting during

Navratri?
Besides religious perspective there is a scientific overview of fasting, fasting helps the human body
to perform 3 main metabolic activities;
1. Detoxification – since Navratri is a biannual festival; first, at the beginning of summer and
second, at the beginning of winter. These are two juncture of seasonal change, this is the
period when the human body is vulnerable and susceptible to fall sick; therefore it’s necessary
to have a light diet and help the body cells to produce antioxidants which help in removing the
waste products to avoid causing further hazards to the body.
2. Mindfulness – fasting gives our digestive system time to rest. During fasting human body
consumes fat as primary source of energy because of lack of carbohydrates in diet and the
metabolic end product of fat is ketone bodies, ketone bodies are the energy source of brain
and it promotes more acetylcholine release from nerves which finally increases one’s
concentration and calculating ability and it stimulates the release of serotonin which is
the hormone for happiness.
3. Self-discipline – fasting brings the human body and mind to a more disciplined and ideal
state which is difficult to achieve in daily life activities without fasting, this, in turn, helps in
weight loss too.
Conclusion
After reading all of this, it definitely makes us think how rich and noble our traditions are. It is easy to
misunderstand that all of our festivals are a form of penance to some or other god, but truly, in a
subtle way, these are meant to help our selves in growing us into better human beings.
The Shiva Purana – Science Through Stories

Sadhguru:This vast emptiness that we refer to as Shiva is a boundless non-
entity – eternal and always. But since human perception is limited to form, we
created many wonderful forms for Shiva in the tradition and culture. The
enigmatic, non-perceivable Ishwara; the auspicious Shambho; disarmingly naïve
Bhola; Dakshinamurthy, the great master and teacher of the Vedas, Shastras
and Tantras; the easily forgiving Ashuthosh; Bhairava, the one tainted with the
very blood of the creator; Achaleshwara, the absolute stillness; the most
dynamic of dancers, Nataraja – as many aspects as there are to life, that many
aspects have been offered to him.
The Shiva Purana is the highest science of elevating

human nature to the very peak of consciousness,
expressed in the form of very beautiful stories.
Generally, in most parts of the world, anything that people refer to as divine is
always referred to as good. But if you read through the Shiva Purana, you
cannot identify Shiva as a good person or a bad person. He is everything – he is
the ugliest, he is the most beautiful; he is the best and he is the worst; he is the
most disciplined, he is a drunkard. Gods, demons, and all kind of creatures in
the world worship him. The so-called civilization has conveniently eliminated all
those un-digestible stories about Shiva, but that is where the essence of Shiva
is. Completely contradictory aspects of life have been built into the personality
of Shiva. Such a complex amalgamation of all the qualities of existence have
been put into one person because if you can accept this one being, you have
crossed life itself. The whole struggle with one’s life is we are always trying to
pick out what is beautiful and what is not, what is good and what is bad. You
will not have a problem with anyone if only you can accept this man who is a
complex amalgamation of everything that life can be.
Completely contradictory aspects of life have been built into the

personality of Shiva. Such a complex amalgamation of all the
qualities of existence have been put into one person because if you
can accept this one being, you have crossed life itself.
If you look carefully at the stories in the Shiva Purana, you will see the Theory of
Relativity, Quantum Mechanics – the whole of modern physics – has been very
beautifully expressed through stories. This is a dialectical culture; science was
expressed through stories. Everything has been personified. But somewhere
along the way people dropped the science and just carried the stories, and the
stories were exaggerated from generation to generation to a point of being
absolutely ridiculous. If you put the science back into the stories, it is a
beautiful way to express science.
The Shiva Purana is the highest science of elevating human nature to the very
peak of consciousness, expressed in the form of very beautiful stories. Yoga
has been expressed in the form of a science without stories attached to it, but if
you look at it in a deeper sense, yoga and the Shiva Purana cannot be
separated. One is for those who like stories, another is for those who are willing
to look at everything scientifically, but the fundamentals of both are the same.
Today, scientists are conducting a lot of research on the nature of modern

education. One of the things that they are saying is if a child goes through 20
years of formal education and comes out, a large percentage of his intelligence
is irrevocably destroyed. That means he is coming out as a very knowledgeable
idiot. They are suggesting that one of the best ways to impart education is to
impart it in the form of stories or in the form of play. A little effort has been
made in that direction, but most of the education in the world has remained
hugely suppressive. The huge volume of information suppresses your
intelligence unless it is given to you in a certain form, and the story form of
teaching would be the best way. This is what was done in this culture. The
highest dimensions of science were transmitted in wonderful story forms.
Types of Navratri – The Big Secret About The “4” Navratri

According to our ancient Hindu scriptures which are the Saptasudhi, the theory
of the Navratri festival has been described. We are normally aware of two types
of Navratri that are Chaitra Navratri and Shardiya Navratri. But, you will be
amazed to hear that Navratri falls four times a year.
Four types of Navratri

Below mentioned are the 4 types of Navratri and the time frame in which they
fall.
Types of Navratri Start Date End Date
Shardiya Navratri Thursday, 07 October Thursday, 14 October
Chaitra Navratri Tuesday, 13 April Wednesday, 21 April
Magha Gupt Navratri Friday, 12 February Sunday, 21 February
Asadha Gupt Navratri Sunday, 11 July Monday, 19 July

1. Shardiya Navratri – Among all Navratri; Shardiya Navratri is the

most popular and significant. Shardiya (Sharada) means autumn and
forms a major part of crop harvesting time. Shardiya Navratri falls
during the months of September-October. This Navratri is also known
as Maha Navratri and Sharada Navratri. The entire mythological
connection behind Navratri lies with the defeat of Mahishasura
from NavaDurga. Shardiya Navratri is also celebrated as; mythology
says that Ramachandra had killed Ravana during this period. Gods are
said to sleep during the period of Ashwin month (i.e. September and
October). Lord Ram had awakened Goddess Durga in the Tithi of
Shasthi during the evening.
2. Chaitra Navratri – It is the second most famous Navratri whose name
represents spring. It is observed during Chaitra month that is during
March and April. This nine days long festival starts from the first day
(pratipada) of the first month of the Hindu Lunar calendar “Chaitra”.
Most of the rituals and customs are the same as followed during the
‘Shardiya Navratri’. All nine days during Navratri are dedicated to nine
forms of Goddess Shakti.
3. Magha Navratri – This is the Navratri which falls on the winter
season. It is more popularly known to people as Vasant Panchami. This
falls during January and February.
4. Ashada Navratri – This falls in the month of June and July and comes
during the hail of monsoon.
It is believed that we should keep fast and follow the rituals of Navratri, four
times a year. These rituals of fasting were introduced by our intellectual
ancestors keeping in mind the scientific changes of our bodies.
The science behind Navratri Celebration
When climate changes, the body is affected and it gets more prone to different
kinds of bacteria. This leads to various mental disorders as well as health
problems. To prevent these unwanted situations ancestors had created the
system of Navratri.
Scientifically when climate changes, the negative impacts affect female brains
the most. Females become psychologically more weak and reactive. The ones
who already have mental disorders face major problems during Saptami.
To eradicate these problems ancestors had invented the process of Navratri

where fasting is the major requirement. Our ancient solutions say that mental
disorders happen due to problem indigestion or food habits.
Hence, it is advised to consider keeping fast or eating in small quantities,

throughout the period of Navratri.
It is better if you can follow the process of fasting or minimal eating in the four
Navratri’s as it will keep you extremely fit and attract positive energies towards
you.
The Scientific Reason Behind Navratri And Dusshera
Celebration!
Navratri and Dusshera are the festivals that are celebrated throughout India and in
other parts of the world, and there is a scientific reason behind Navratri too.
The meaning of Navratri is nine nights. And these nine nights are dedicated to
Goddess Durga and her nine avatars, called Navadurga. Worship is done of the divine
mother or cosmic energy.
And each day of those nine days is associated and dedicated to the incarnation of the
Goddess Durga. Devotees of Goddess Durga exhibit extreme zeal, devotion and
enthusiasm while celebrating Navratri.
But many devotees don’t know about the scientific reason behind Navratri. There is a
uniqueness in the Hindu festivals as they are related to astronomical events or
change and Navratri is not an exception in this.
Prayers are offered frequently during Navratri to the Goddess Durga, to
commemorate the warrior aspect of Shakti or Devi, as the energy of the universe is
represented through it.
Goddess Durga also fought a 9-days battle with a shape-shifting demon named
Mahishasura, a deceptive and powerful buffalo demon. And Goddess Durga defeated
him and on the 10th day after Navratri Vijayadashmi is there, to celebrate the victory
of Goddess Durga.
And this day is also celebrated as Dussehra as Lord Rama defeated the ten-headed
demon king Ravana on this day. But while celebrating people are also do a scientific
thing as there is a scientific reason behind Navratri.
Why is Navratri celebrated and when?
Navratri is a joyous festival, and it is celebrated as a victory of good over evil. And
various traditions are celebrated during this time.
Good seasonal harvest as thanksgiving is also celebrated during this time. Daily tools
are worshipped and are an auspicious day to start our ventures.
Significance of Navratri:
During these 9 days of Navratri, the power of devotion is wonderfully and amazingly
drawn forth to adore the divine Shakti in all its prowess.
To introspect and defeat the vices the impurities within the first 3 days and spent
worshipping Goddess Durga.
For spiritual, wealth and prosperity for all time, Goddess Lakshmi is worshipped and
commemorated on the 4th, 5th and 6th days.
And Goddess of wisdom, that is, Goddess Saraswati is worshipped to achieve all-
around success in life with humility, so 7 th, 8th and 9th days are devoted to her.
The scientific reason behind Navratri:

Navratri is a festival that falls in October-November, and this phase also acts as a
transition from autumn to winter, and it also acts as an important junction of climate
change.
And as the seasons change, our immunity debilitates. And as the temperature
decreases of the atmosphere, it suppresses our immune cells, the composition of the
blood and fats are affected by the seasons.
And the scientific reason behind Navratri is because during Navratri, all the 9 days
people do intermittent fasting (upvas) and the food they consume is also saatvik.
Saatvik food is consumed because it is thought to be pure and quite balanced and a
feeling of calmness is provided.
The scientific reason behind Navratri is to detoxify the body. As saatvik food is light
and eating light for a week gives your digestive system a little rest.
As when you fast it helps the gut to cleanse and the lining of the gut is also
strengthened. So in addition to the celebration, there is also a scientific reason
behind Navratri.
Light of Dusshera:
Vijaydashmi or Dusshera is celebrated on the 10th day after Navratri. There is no
scientific reason behind Dusshera like the scientific reason behind Navratri.
The brilliance of Dusshera is celebrated with the whole heart by burning the effigies
of Ravana, a 10-headed demon, Kumbhakarna and Meghanada, as Lord Rama
defeated them in the battle.
There is a blast of firecrackers and it hugely announces the victory of good over evil.
And it also marks the end of Ramlila as it is performed passionately during the
previous 9 days as the way to remember the journey of Lord Rama and his victory
over evil.
Rang De Bharat Chitrakala Kshetra wishes a very happy Navratri and Dusshera. The
scientific reason behind Navratri would help you to maintain your health. So, have a
colourful festival!
Hindu Calendars
(Article contributed by Sri Ramana Sharma(email: jamadagni-at-gmail.com)
The Hindu Calendar is of two types:
1. the solar calendar or the saura maana, and
2. the lunisolar calendar or the chaandra maana.

We will describe both in detail in this article.
The Basic Structure

The structure of the Hindu Calendar is of course composed of days making months making years. The system o
describing days is the same in both the solar and lunisolar calendars. The system of describing months and
hence years is what distinguishes the solar and lunisolar calendars from each other. We shall first describe the
day, then the months and year of the solar calendar, and then the months and year of the lunisolar calendar. The
we shall speak about year numbering and the 60 names of the years.
The Day
The Hindu calendrical day starts with local sunrise. It is allotted five "properties", called anga-s. They are:
1. the tithi active at sunrise
2. the weekday
3. the nakshatra in which the moon resides at sunrise
4. the yoga active at sunrise
5. the karana active at sunrise.
Together these are called the panchaanga-s where pancha means "five" in Sanskrit. An explanation of the term
follows.
Tithi
The angular distance (measured anticlockwise) between the sun and moon as measured from the earth can vary
between 0° and 360°. This is divided into 30 parts. Each part ends at 12°, 24° etc. The circle ends at 360°. The
time spent by the moon in each of this parts (i.e. the time taken for the angular distance to change by 12°) is
called one tithi.
The month has two paksha-s or fortnights. The first 15 tithi-s constitute the bright fortnight or shukla
paksha and the next 15tithi-s constitute the dark fortnight or krishna paksha. Tithi-s are indicated by
their paksha and ordinal number within thepaksha. The 15th tithi of the bright fortnight (full moon) is
called puurnimaa and the 15th tithi of the dark fortnight (new moon) is called amaavaasyaa.
The tithi in which the moon is at the time of sunrise of a day is taken to be the tithi for the day.
Weekday
The weekdays are as usual seven. They are (starting from Sunday):
1. Ravi vaasara
2. Soma vaasara
3. Mangala vaasara
4. Budha vaasara
5. Guru vaasara
6. Shukra vaasara
7. Shani vaasara
There are many other variations of these names, using other names of the celestial bodies of the Sun, Moon,
Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. The word vaasara means "weekday".
Nakshatra
The ecliptic (circle on the sky in which the sun, moon and planets seem to move) is divided into 27 nakshatra-s
which are variously called lunar houses or asterisms. The starting point for this division is the point on the
ecliptic directly opposite to the star Spica called Chitraa in Sanskrit. (Other slightly-different definitions exist.)
It is called Meshaadi or the "start of Aries". The ecliptic is divided into the nakshatra-s eastwards starting from
this point.
The names of the nakshatra-s are given below. As always, there are many versions with minor differences. The
names in parentheses give roughly the correspondence of the nakshatra-s to modern names of stars. Note
that nakshatra-s are (in this context) not just single stars but are segments on the ecliptic characterised by one o
more stars. Hence you will find many stars mentioned for one nakshatra.
Nakshatra to star correspondence

Nakshatra Star(s)
Ashvinii β and γ Arietis
Bharanii 35, 39, and 41 Arietis
Krittikaa Pleiades
Rohinii Aldebaran
Mrighashiirsha λ, φ Orionis
Aardraa Betelgeuse
Punarvasu Castor and Pollux
Pushya γ, δ and θ Cancri
Aashleshaa δ, ε, η, ρ, and σ Hydrae
Maghaa Regulus
Puurva Phalgunii δ and θ Leonis
Uttara Phalgunii Denebola
Hasta α to ε Corvi
Chitraa Spica
Svaatii Arcturus
Vishaakhaa α, β, γ and ι Librae
Anuuraadha β, δ and π Scorpionis
Jyeshtha α, σ, and τ Scorpionis
Muula ε, ζ, η, θ, ι, κ, λ, μ and ν Scorpionis
Puurva Ashaadhaa δ and ε Sagittarii
Uttara Ashaadhaa ζ and σ Sagittarii
Shravana α, β and γ Aquilae
Shravishthaa α to δ Delphinis
Shatabhishaj γ Aquarii
Puurva Bhaadrapada α and β Pegasi
Uttara Bhaadrapada γ Pegasi and α Andromedae
Revatii ζ Piscium
The nakshatra in which the moon lies at the time of sunrise of a day is the nakshatra for the day.
Yoga
First, the angular distance along the ecliptic of any object on the sky, measured from Meshaadi (as defined
above) is called the longitude of that object. Now when the longitude of the sun and the longitude of the moon
are added, they produce a value ranging from 0° to 360°. (Values greater than or equal to 360° must be reduced
to less than 360° by subtracting 360°.) Now this is divided into 27 parts. Each part will now equal 800' (where '
is the symbol of the arcminute which means 1/60 of a degree.) Now these parts are called the yoga-s. They are
labeled:
1. Vishkambha
2. Priiti
3. Aayushmaan
4. Saubhaagya
5. Shobhana
6. Atiganda
7. Sukarman
8. Dhriti
9. Shuula
10. Ganda
11. Vriddhi
12. Dhruva
13. Vyaaghaata
14. Harshana
15. Vajra
16. Siddhi
17. Vyatiipaata
18. Variiyas
19. Parigha
20. Shiva
21. Siddha
22. Saadhya
23. Shubha
24. Shukla
25. Braahma
26. Aindra
27. Vaidhriti
Again, minor variations many exist. The yoga that is active during sunrise of a day is the yoga for the day.
Karana
A karana is half of a tithi. Since the tithi-s are 30 in number, one would expect there to be 60 karana-s. But
there are only eleven. There are four "fixed" karana-s and seven "repeating" karana-s. The four "fixed" karana
s are:
1. Kimstughna
2. Shakuni
3. Naaga
4. Chatushpaad
The seven "repeating" karana-s are:

1. Bava
2. Baalava
3. Kaulava
4. Taitila
5. Gara
6. Vanija
7. Vishti
o Now the first half of the first tithi (of the bright fortnight) is always Kimstughna karana. Hence this karana is
"fixed".
o Next, the seven repeating karana-s repeat eight times to cover the next 56 half-tithi-s. Thus these are the
"repeating"karana-s.
o The three remaining half-tithi-s take the remaining "fixed" karana-s in order. Thus these are also "fixed".
The karana active during sunrise of a day is the karana for the day.
The Month and Year of the Solar Calendar

Now that the days are defined, we shall speak of how the solar calendar reckons its months and year.
As has been previously noted, the sun is observed to travel along the ecliptic. The ecliptic is now divided into
twelve parts called raashi-s, starting from the point of Meshaadi defined above and moving eastwards. They
are:
1. Mesha
2. Vrishabha
3. Mithuna
4. Kataka
5. Simha
6. Kanyaa
7. Tulaa
8. Vrishchika
9. Dhanus
10. Makara
11. Kumbha
12. Miina
These are the Sanskrit equivalents of the zodiac – Aries etc.

The day on which the sun transits into each raashi before sunset is taken to be the first day of the month. In cas
the sun transits into a raashi after a sunset but before the next sunrise, then the next day is the first day of the
month. (Minor variations on this definition exist.)
The days are then labeled 1, 2, 3…. till the first day of the next month.
Thus we get twelve months with varying lengths of 29 to 32 days. This variation in length is because the path o
the earth around the sun is an ellipse. The months are named by the raashi in which the sun travels in that
month.
The new year day is the first day of the month of Mesha. Currently, it occurs around April 15th on
the Gregorian calendar.
This is the structure of the Hindu Solar Calendar.
The Months of the Lunisolar Calendar

When a new moon occurs before sunrise on a day, that day is said to be the first day of the lunar month. The
days are not labeled separately from 1 as in the solar calendar, but the tithi is their only label. When two
successive days have the sametithi, the latter is called an adhika tithi where adhika means "extra". Sometimes,
one tithi may never touch a sunrise, and hence no day will be labeled by that tithi. It is then said to be a tithi
kshaya where kshaya means "loss".
The lunar month names are:
1. Chaitra
2. Vaishaakha
3. Jyaishtha
4. Aashaadha
5. Shraavana
6. Bhaadrapada
7. Aashvayuja
8. Kaartika
9. Maargashiirsha
10. Pausha
11. Maagha
12. Phaalguna
Naming Lunar Months

The naming of the lunar months is somewhat complex. It is based on the raashi into which the sun transits
within a lunar month, i.e. before the new moon ending the month.
Extra Months
There are twelve raashi names, there are twelve lunar month names. When the sun transits into Mesha raashi in
a lunar month, then the name of the lunar month is Chaitra. When the sun transits into Vrishabha, then the luna
month isVaishaakha. So on.
When the sun does not at all transit into any raashi but simply keeps moving within a raashi in a lunar month
(i.e. before a new moon), then that lunar month will be named according to the first upcoming transit. It will
also take the epithet of adhikaor "extra". For example, if a lunar month elapsed without a solar transit and the
next transit is into Mesha, then this month without transit is labeled adhika Chaitra. The next month will be
labeled according to its transit as usual and will get the epithet shuddha or "clean". [Note that an adhika month
is the first of two whereas an adhika tithi is the second of two.]
An adhika maasa (month) occurs once every two or three years.
Lost Months
Now if the sun transits into two raashi-s within a lunar month, then the lunar month will be labeled by the first
transit and will take the epithet kshaya or "loss". Actually, the month "lost" is the month which would have bee
labeled by the second transit. For example, if the sun transits into Mesha and Vrishabha in a lunar month, then
will be called Chaitra kshaya. There will be no month labeled Vaishaakha. Sometimes a kshaya is named by
both months, so: Chaitra-Vaishaakha Kshayain which case the implication would be that the two months have
merged (for religious purposes, see below).
A kshaya maasa occurs very rarely. Known gaps between occurrence of kshaya maasa-s are 19 and 141 years.
The last was in 1983 CE. Jan-15 through Feb-12 were Pausha(-Maagha) kshaya. Feb-13 onwards was (adhika)
Phaalguna and notMaagha. Maagha was "lost" that year.
Special Case: If there is no solar transit in a lunar month but there are two transits in the next lunar month,
o the first month will be labeled by the first transit of the second month (as usual) and take the epithet adhika and
o the next month will be labeled by its first transit (as usual) and take the epithet kshaya.
By one calculation, the last such occurrence was in 1963 CE. Oct-18 to Nov-16 midday were adhika Kaartika.
From then on to Dec-15 were Kaartika(-Maargashiirsha) kshaya. Dec-16 onwards was Pausha,
not Maargashiirsha.
Handling of religious observances in case of extra and lost months

Among normal months, adhika months, and kshaya months, the earlier are considered "better" for religious
purposes. That means, if a festival should fall on the 10th tithi of the Aashvayuja month (this is
called Vijayadashamii) and there are twoAashvayuja months, the first adhika month will not see the festival, an
the festival will be observed only in the second nijamonth. However, if the second month is Aashvayuja
kshaya then the festival will be observed in the first adhika month itself.
A festival which is to be observed on a month that was lost will be observed on the corresponding "previous"
i.e. kshayamonth. For example, the festival of Mahaashivaraatri which is to be observed on the
fourteenth tithi of the dark fortnight ofMaagha was, in 1983 CE, observed on the corresponding tithi of Pausha
kshaya, since in that year, Maagha was lost, as we mentioned above.
The Year of the Lunisolar Calendar

The new year day is the first day of the month of Chaitra. In case of adhika Chaitra or Chaitra kshaya the rules
outlined above will apply.
Correspondence of the Lunisolar Calendar to the

Solar Calendar
A lunisolar calendar is always a calendar based on the moon's celestial motion, which in a way keeps itself clos
to a solar calendar based on the sun's (apparent) celestial motion. That is, the lunisolar calendar's new year is to
kept always close (within certain limits) to a solar calendar's new year.
Since the Hindu lunar month names are based on solar transits, and the month of Chaitra will, as defined above
always be close to the solar month of Mesha, the Hindu lunisolar calendar will always keep in track with the
Hindu solar calendar.
Year numbering and names

The epoch (starting point or first day of the first year) of the current era of Hindu calendar (both solar and
lunisolar) is BCE3102 January 23 on the proleptic Gregorian calendar (i.e. the Gregorian calendar extended
back in time before its promulgation from 1582 October 15). Both the solar and lunisolar calendars started on
this date. After that, each year is labeled by the number of years elapsed since the epoch.
This is a unique feature of the Hindu calendar. All other systems use the current ordinal number of the year as
the year label. But just as a person's true age is measured by the number of years that have elapsed starting from
the date of the person's birth, the Hindu calendar measures the number of years elapsed. Today (as of writing
this on 2005-05-18) the elapsed years in the Hindu calendar are 5106 and this is the 5107th Hindu calendar yea
Note that the lunisolar calendar year will usually start earlier than the solar calendar year.
Apart from this numbering system, there is also a cycle of 60 calendar year names, which started at the first yea
(at elapsed years zero) and runs continuously:
1. Prabhava
2. Vibhava
3. Shukla
4. Pramoda
5. Prajotpatti
6. Aangirasa
7. Shriimukha
8. Bhaava
9. Yuvan
10. Dhaatu
11. Iishvara
12. Bahudhaanya
13. Pramaathin
14. Vikrama
15. Vrisha
16. Chitrabhaanu
17. Svabhaanu
18. Taarana
19. Paarthiva
20. Vyaya
21. Sarvajit
22. Sarvadhaarin
23. Virodhin
24. Vikrita
25. Khara
26. Nandana
27. Vijaya
28. Jaya
29. Manmatha
30. Durmukha
31. Hemalambi
32. Vilambi
33. Vikaarin
34. Shaarvari
35. Plava
36. Shubhakrit
37. Shobhana
38. Krodhin
39. Vishvaavasu
40. Paraabhava
41. Plavanga
42. Kiilaka
43. Saumya
44. Saadhaarana
45. Virodhikrit
46. Paritaapin
47. Pramaadin
48. Aananda
49. Raakshasa
50. Nala
51. Pingala
52. Kaalayukti
53. Siddhaarthin
54. Raudra
55. Durmati
56. Dundubhi
57. Rudhirodgaarin
58. Raktaaksha
59. Krodhana
60. Akshaya
Eras
Hindu mythology speaks of four eras or ages, of which we are currently in the last. The four are:
1. Krita Yuga
2. Tretaa Yuga
3. Dvaapara Yuga
4. Kali Yuga
They are often translated into English as the golden, silver, bronze and iron ages. (Yuga means era.) It is
believed that the ages see a gradual decline of dharma, wisdom, knowledge, intellectual capability, life span and
emotional and physical strength. The epoch provided above is the start of the Kali Yuga. The Kali Yuga is
432,000 years long. The Dvaapara, Tretaaand Krita Yuga-s are said to be twice, thrice and four time the length
of the Kali Yuga respectively. Thus they together constitute 4,320,000 years. This is called a Caturyuga.
A thousand and a thousand (i.e. two thousand) caturyuga-s are said to be one day and night of the
creator Brahmaa. He (the creator) lives for 100 years of 360 such days and at the end, he is said to dissolve,
along with his entire Creation, into the Eternal Soul or Paramaatman or Brahma (different from Brahmaa).
The 9 Measures of Time
From ancient times, the residents of the Bharatavarsha, have been

reckoning passage of time from multiple perspectives. The time, that is
useful for timing of observances of festivals and other religious
activities were not useful for timing seasons and the agricultural
activities. From the various usage of time, one can glean into the
various activities that the the residents undertook.
Please also refer chapter 14 of Surya Siddhanta for the 9 measures of

time.
The Nine types of Measures of Time

 There are many different cycles which can be used to keep track of
flow of time. There are 9 of them which are useful for different
purposes.
 The 9 types of reckoning time are (1) Brahma (Braahma), (2) Deva
(Daiva), (3) Manu (Maanava), (4) Pitrya, (5) Saura, (6) Savana
(Saavana), (7) Chandra (Chaandra), (8) Arksa (Naakshatra) and (9)
Guru (Baarhaspatya).
 In this world, only 5 out of the 9 types are used for practical
purpose. They are (1) Saura, (2) Savana, (3) Chaandra, (4) Arksha
and (5) Baarhaspatya.
 The 4 measures that are used in larger time measures i.e., that of
Mahayugas etc. are (1) Braahma, (2) Daiva, (3) Maanva and (4)
Pitrya.
 Saura-maana: The Sidereal movement of Surya is called

Sauramaana and is used for determining the motion of the planets.
The Siddhanta Texts such as Surya Siddhanta, Pancha-Siddhantika
etc. gives the mean revolutions of Grahas in a period of a Yuga or
43,20,000 Solar Revolutions with respect to the Nakshatras. From
these the mean motion as well as the True motions of the Grahas
can be found. Many confuse this with Tropical Year, which is
incorrect as no Siddhantic Texts have mentioned computation of
the Mean and True positions of the Grahas based on the Tropical
Years.
 Saavana-maana: Saavana day is the period between two

successive Sunrises. This is almost equal to 24 hours or 60
Ghatikas. 360 such days make a Saavana year. The timing of the
Rains and the period of pregnancy is to be known from the Saavana
measure of time.
 Naakshatra-maana: This reckoned based on the rotation of

earth around its axis with respect to the Nakshatras. This is also
called Sidereal Time. One complete rotation of Earth with respect
to the Nakshatra is called a Sidereal Day. The mean Sidereal Day is
23.9344699 hours or 0.99726958 mean Solar days (Savana Days).
Source Wikipedia. Where is this used? This is the Vedic Measure of
a day of 60 Ghatikas and is identical with with the period between
two successive rising of a Nakshatra. For instance, if someone is

born in 10º Sagittarius, then for his One day is elapsed after Lagna
reaches exactly at 10º Sagittarius the next day.
 Chaandra-maana: This measure is based on the soli-lunar days

or the Tithis. The Tithis are the distance of angular arc between
Surya and Chandra. Chandra’s relative motion of 12º arc from
Surya causes one Tithi. This is used in the timing of (1)
Yagnopavita, Mundan etc. auspicious ceremonies, (2)
Determination of the lord of the Tithi and the Lords of the Year, (3)
Timing of fasting etc.
 Baarhaspatya-maana: This measure is based on the mean

motion of Guru. This is used in determine the effect of Samvatsaras
such as Prabhava etc.
 Each of these different time reckoning have their own specific

Month and Year reckoning. For instance, in the Jovian calendar
(Baarhaspatya maana), there are 60 years cycle starting from
Prabhava etc.
Narada Purana 56.109. Measures of time and their

use. Measures of time are nine, being, (1) Brahma, (2) Daiva,
(3)Manu, (4) Pitrya, (5) Saura, (6) Savana, (7) Candra, (8) Arksa
and (9) Guru.
Narada Purana 56.110. The Practical Measures. From

among these nine measurers, practical reckoning is done only
through five. The practical use of each of the time measures
(maana) is set out here.
1. The Saura Maana (the Sidereal Year)
Narada Purana 56.111a. The motion of the planets is reckoned

through the solar measures (saura-maana).
 The Saura Maana is used for determining the Mean and True
motions (positions) of the Grahas. One should refer to the
Siddhantic texts such as Surya-Siddhanta, Pancha-Siddhantika etc.
 Refer here for the definitions of various elements of a Yuga.
 There are 4,320,000 Sidereal Years in a Mahayuga. It has 10 padas

(foot) or 4,30,000 Sidereal Years. Kali Yuga is just 1 Pada of
4,30,000 Sidereal Years started on 22 Jan -3101 (3102 BC) as per
proleptic Gregorian calendar.
 Refer here for the mean motions of the Grahas that is defined based
on the Mahayuga.
 There is no doubt that Solar Years means Sidereal Solar Years and
NOT Tropical Solar Years, as the planetary positions are not
computed as per the Tropical Calendar in the Siddhantic Texts.
 The Length of a day in this measure is motion of Surya by 1º.
2. The Savana Maana (the Civil Calendar)
Narada Purana 56.111b. The reckoning of the rainy season

and pregnancy of women are reckoned through the civil
measures (savana-maana).
 The Savana Calendar is used for all practical purposes. In this

calendar, the measure of a day is the period between two Sunrises
(or Sunsets, Mid-days, Mid-nights).
 This is equivalent to 24 hours and the Horas are defined based on

this measure. The measures such as Ghatis, Vighatis, Kalas etc. are
all defined based this measure of the day.
 A Savana year is 360 Savana days having 12 months of 30 days

each. However, the problem with this calendar is that, it gets out of
sync with the Sidereal or Tropical Calendar, which are of 365+
days. Hence, to keep track of this calendar, the Aharganas are
determined starting from the epoch, such as Kali Epoch or
Varahamihira Epoch. The Agharganas ar the count of the Civil Days
(Savana Days) starting from the Epoch.
 The Lord of the Day (Vara) and Hora (Kshana Vara) is defined from
this measure of the day.
 Varahamihira recommends determining the lord of the year,

month, week and day based on the Ahargana computation, which
will be provided in another writeup.
 Where it is used? This Time Measure finds wide usage for all day to
day activities. In normal parlance a day is equivalent to the period
of two successive Sunrises. The measure of Weeks (39 weeks) and
Months (9 months) are used for determining the duration of
pregnancy and labour.
 It is also mentioned that the timing of Rain is done using this

calendar. This implies that the Savana Calendar is synchronised
with the Tropical Calendar. Perhaps that is the reason why the
Tropical Calendar of 365.24216 Civil Days are not mentioned as

one of the measure of time. Perhaps, this is due to that fact that the
Tropical Year has the same definition of the Day as the Savana Day.
 To Synchronise the Savana Calendar with the Tropical Calendar,

the excess of 5.24216 years need to be adjusted, either by adding 5
extra days in the year. Or 30 extra days in 6 years. This will be
discussed in a different place.
3. The Naakshatra-Maana (The Sidereal Day)
Narada Purana 56.112a. Within a year, the duration of a

Ghatis etc. needs to be seen from the Naakshatra-Maana.
Surya Siddhanta 14.15. (1) The constant revolution of the

circle of Nakshatras (Bhachakra) is called a Sidereal Day. (2) The
months (for other measures) are to be known by the names of the
Nakshatras, according to the conjunction at the end of a Lunar
Period (Parvan.)
 Everyday the nakshatras rise and set in the Eastern and Western
Horizon respectively.
 This is used for determining the Rasi (Zodiac Sign) Rising at the
Horizon at the moment of birth.
 This measure is useful in determining the Rising time of Various

Nakshatras or the time to spot various Nakshatras on the Sky.
 The mean sidereal day is 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.0916 seconds

(23.9344699 hours or 0.99726958 mean solar days)
 The Duration of a Nakshatra Day is slightly shorter than a Civil

Day. Why? The vernal equinox itself precesses slowly westward
relative to the fixed stars, completing one revolution in about
26,000 years, so the sidereal day is some 0.0084 seconds shorter
than the Earth’s period of rotation relative to the fixed stars
 According to Wikipedia, Sidereal time is a time-keeping system

astronomers use to keep track of the direction to point their
telescopes to view a given star in the night sky. Briefly, sidereal time
is a “time scale that is based on the Earth’s rate of rotation
measured relative to the fixed stars” rather than the Sun.
 More details can be found here in Wikipedia on the concept of

Sidereal Time.
 Some confuse this measure of time with Sidereal Year, however,

that is not acceptable. Why? Because, (1) It is not based on the
movement of Surya through the Nakshatras, (2) This is measure of
a day and not year. Also, note Surya Siddhanta that mentions only
the Sidereal Day and NOT sidereal year.
 According to this writeup, there are 1,582,237,500 revolution of the

Nakshatra in a Mahayuga of 4,320,000 Sidereal Years. In the same
period, the number of Civil Days (Savana Dina) is 1,577,917,500.
This means that 1 Sidereal Day = 0.99726968928495 Civil Day
(Mean Solar Day). The modern value for this conversion is
0.99726958, which is very close to what suggested by the Siddhanta
Texts.
4. The Chaandra Maana (The Lunar Measure)
Narada Purana 56.112b-113a. Times for Yagnopavita

(Sacred thread ceremony), Mundan etc. auspicious ceremonies,
determination of the lords of the Tithi and the Year, timing of
fasting etc. are done using the lunar measure (chaandra-maana).
 There are two elements of Lunar Time Measure, that is very useful
in determining auspicious time for various Samskaras such as
Yagnopavita, Mundan etc. These are Tithi and Karana. These two
are important elements of Panchanga, the 5 elements of Time.
 The Tithis are formed due to the relative motion of Chandra from
Surya.
 The Tithis are grouped into Nanda etc. which are used for
determining auspicious time in Muhurtha.
 The Lunar Calendar starts with the Shukla Chaitra Pratipada,

which happens at the moment of conjunction of Surya and Chandra
in Sidereal Pisces.
 Each Tithi is given a specific name to illustrate the quality of its

energy and vibrations.
 The Tithis are grouped in Shukla and Krsna Paksha which are used
for timing various activitirs. It is know that the Shukla Paksha
belongs to the Devas while the Krsna Paksha belongs to the Pitris
(manes, forefathers).
 The observance of certain Vrats (fasting etc.), festivals such as

Ratha Saptami, Krsna Astami, Rama Navami etc. are done based on
the Tithis coinciding with certain Lunar months.
 The Lunar Months start with the Sun-Moon conjunction in every

Zodiac signs. If there are more than one conjunction, the Month
initiated by the 2nd conjunction is considered as the Real Month,
while the month arising out of the previous conjunction is called
Extra Month (Adhika Masa, Mala Masa, Purushottama Masa).
5. The Baarhaspatya Maana (The Jovian Years)

 There are 60 Jovian Years starting from Prabhava and ending with
Ksaya.
 The year is defined based on the Mean Motion of Guru.
 This is based on the rule that, in a Mahayuga of 4,320,000 Solar

Years, there ar 4,370,688 Jovian years.
 Refer here for details of the computation of the Jovian years.
 The same year naming is used for Lunar Years in the Salivahana
Era or even in the Solar Calendar that starts with Sun’s movement
into Sidereal Mesha Rasi. But these years are different from the
Jovian years. The Jovian years are almost 12 years advanced than
those followed in the Saka or Vikram Samvat Era.
 The Jovian Years should be really used to determine the state of the
world and not the ones determined by the other Eras. More to be
covered in future writeup.
Narada Purana 56.113b-114. The years Prabhava etc. are

reckoned on the basis of the Jovian measure (Baarhapatya-
maana). A year by each measure (maana) is made up of 12
months of that measure (maana). The 60 Samvatsara such as
Prabhava etc. are measured through the mean motion of Jupiter.
Narada Purana 56.115–120. The 60 Jovian Years. The 60

Jovian Years or the Samvatsaras are the (1) Prabhava, (2)
Vibhava, (3) Sukla, (4) Pramoda, (5) Prajapati, (6) Angiras, (7)
Srimukha, (8) Bhava, (9) Yuva, (10) Dhata, (11) Isvara, (12)
Bahudhanya, (13) Pramathi, (14) Vikrama, (15) Vrsa, (16)
Citrabhanu, (17) Subhanu, (18) Tarana, (19) Parthiva, (20)
Vyaya, (21) Sarvajit, (22) Sarvadhari, (23) Virodhi, (24) Vikrta,
(25) Khara, (26) Nandana, (27) Vijaya, (28) Jaya, (29)
Manmatha, (30) Durmukha, (31) Hemalamba, (32) Vilamba,
(33) Vikari, (34) Survari, (35) Lava, (36) Subhakrt, (37) Sobhana,
(38) Krodhi, (39) Visvavasu, (40) Sadharana, (45) Virodhakrt,
(46) Paribhavi, (47) Pramadi, (48) Ananda, (49) Raksara, (50)
Anala, (51) Pingala, (52) Kalayukta, (53) Siddhartha, (54)
Raudra, (55) Durmati, (56) Dundubhi, (57) Rudhirodgari, (58)
Raktaksa, (59) Krodhana, and (60) Ksaya.
Narada Purana 56.121a. The Results of the Jovian

Years These sixty years have, all, effects according to their
nomenclature.
Narada Purana 56.121b-123a. The Panchabda

Yugas. Five years make up a Yuga; thus, there are 12 yugas in a
Jovian cycle. Their lords are, in order: (1) Visnu, (2) Brhaspati
(Devapurohita), (3) Purandara, (4) Lohita, (5) Tvastr, (6)
Ahirbudhnya, (7) Pitrs, (8) Visve-devas, (9) Sasi, (10) Indragni,
(11) Asvins and (12) Bhaga.
Narada Purana 56.123b. The lords of the individual

Yuga Years. The lords of the different years of the yuga are: (1)
Agni, (2) Ina or Surya, (3) Indu or Candra, (4) Vidhi or Brahma,
and (5) Isvara or Siva.
Narada Purana 56.124. Mundane Results One should

announce the effects of a year only after fully ascertaining (and
balancing) the strength and weakness of the lords of the year,
commander-in-chief and the lord of vegetation and also the
motion of the planets at the time.
The Definitions of the Ayana and the Seasons

 The Tropical Calendar was known from ancient ages, and was used
for determination of the Season.
 The determination of the Sun’s Northerly and Southerly course

(Uttarayana, Dakshinayanas and the Seasons are based on the
Tropical movement of Surya. There is however, difference in
opinion regarding using the Ayana Movement and the Seasons in
the Sidereal Zodiac for analysis of Horoscopes (and not seasons).
Narada Purana 56.125. Uttarayana and

Dakshinayana. Reckoning from the commencement of
Capricorn, six months, in the solar measure constitute
Uttarayana (the northward course of the Sun); this is also the
day time of the gods. (The six months) beginning from cancer is
Dakshinayana (southward course of the Sun) and that forms the
night (of the gods).
Narada Purana 56.126–127a. Performance of auspicious

ceremonies During Uttarayana should be performed all such
auspicious rites as the first entry into the house, marriage,
consecration of idols, ritual tying of the girdle made of munja
grass, fire sacrifices etc. (yajnadi). During Dakshinayana is to be
done all inauspicious acts.
Narada Purana 56.127b-128. The seasons. Two months

each, as reckoned from Magha constitute the (six) seasons Sisira
etc. Thus, during Uttarayana occur (the three seasons) Sisira
(cool), Vasanta (Spring) and Grisma (hot), commencing from
Capricorn. And, during Daksinayana occur (the three seasons)
Varsa (rainy), Sarad (autumn) and Hemanta (winter).
The Naming of the Months

 The basis for starting of the Lunar months and the Solar months,
and their naming is given here.
 The Lunar months are derived based on the expected position of

Chandra at the moment of Purnima in a specific month. For
instance, assuming that the Chaitra Month started with Sun-Moon
conjunction in the middle of Meena Rasi, the Purnima will falls at
the starting point of Mesha, coinciding with the Chitra Nakshatra,
hence the month name is given as Chaitra.
Narada Purana 56.129. The Solar and Lunar months. Lunar months are
reckoned up to the end of the new moon and solar months from Sankranti (i.e., entry of
the Sun into the relevant signs of the Zodiac). In 30 days would one revolution of the
Moon be completed, as also one sidereal (nakshatra) month.
Narada Purana 56.130–131a. The names of the 12 months. The names of the 12
months from Caitra are, in order : (1) Madhu, (2) Madhava, (3) Sukra, (4) Suci, (5)
Nabha, (6) Nabhasya, (7) Isa, (8) Urja, (9) Saha, (10) Sahasyaka, (11) Tapa and (12)
Tapasyaka.
Narada Purana 56.131b-132a. Basis of the Naming of the Months. That
constellation in which the full moon occurs in any month, that month is named after
that constellation. That full moon is also named with (the name of the constellation
tacked to it).
Narada Purana 56.132b-133a. The Pakshas. The fortnights. The two fortnights,
viz., Sukla (bright) and krsna (dark) of the month are termed Daiva (pertaining to the
gods) and Pitrya (pertaining to the manes). The two are specified for the performance
of auspicious and inauspicious rites, respectively.


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