priyavrata, Seven Dvipas (Hindu cosmology) [1 Attachment]

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dear sir,

please give more information on the jambudwipa.

regards,

kanishk.

At 06:00 PM 8/19/2009, you wrote:

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The ancient Hindu cosmology:

In this description one Yojana is equal to 8 miles. Different texts give

different figures.

 

http://www.bhagavadgitausa.com/HINDU%20VIEW%20OF%20THE%20PHYSICAL%20WORLD.htm

 

According to Bhagavada Purana,

Agnidhara1,

Idhmajihva2,

Yajnabahu3, Mahavira4,

Hiranyareta5,

Medhatithi6,

Ghrtaprstha7,

Savana8, and

Vitihotra9,

Kavi10 are names of the seven (out of ten

sons) who inherited the continents from Priyavrta. The three sons,

Mahavira4,

Savana8,

and

Kavi10 were avowed inveterate

Bramacharins (celibate seekers of Bramah Vidya and god). (Priyavrata

married Barhjismati, daughter of Visvakarma, the architect of the gods

who gave him ten sons and a daughter Urjasvati.) Priyavrata had, by

another spouse, three sons: Uttama, Tamasa, and Raivata who were in

charge of three Manvantras, named after them.

 

According to Vishnu Purana, Priyavrata and

Kamya, the daughter of

Kardama, had two daughters,

Samrat and

Kukshi, and ten sons, Agnidhara, Idhmajihva,

Yajnabahu, Hiranyareta, Ghrtaprstha, Medhatithi, and Vitihotra, who

inherited the globe and three other celibate sons.

 

CREATION AND DISSOLUTION for the story on

Kardama.

Lineage: Brahma-->Swayambhuva

Manu-->Priyavrata.

 

Mahavira, Savana, and Kavi were not interested in

material wealth and devoted themselves to the Lord. Priyavrata, having

ruled the globe for 1.1 billion years (1,100,000,000), divided the earth

into seven parts by the rut left by the chariot wheels, which resulted in

seven continents and seven seas. Thus, the earth is divided into

seven Dvipas (Continents, primary divisions)

ruled by seven sons of the monarch.

Dvipa = Dvi + ap = two + water = land within

the two distributaries = Island.

The globe (Jumbudvipa) has the round configuration of seven concentric

circles of a lotus flower with a diameter of 100,000 Yojanas (800,000

miles). Each Dvipa (continent) consist of

nine Varsas (countries, Subdivisions).

Varsha = Country; division of the earth by nine

mountain ranges; rain; year.) Each Varsa is 72,000 miles in

extent. In the epicenter of the surface of the globe is present the

inner Varsa, Ilavrta, which again in its

center has the principal mountain range, the king of Mountains, Meru, the

Axis Mundi. Meru = Sumeru = Very exalted, the

mountain of the gods. It appears that Sumeru and Sumeria are

cognate. Sumeru reaches into the firmament by height of 672,000 miles.

Consider Himalayas (Mount Everest) reaching a height of only 5.5 miles

(29,035 feet). The moon is at the distance of 238,906 miles from earth.

The flat top of the Mount Meru is 2.81 times the distance of the moon

from earth. Mount Meru is made of pure gold. It forms the circular

pericarp of the lotus-like globe, in which

the base (lower end) of the pericarp lies 16,000 yojanas (128,000 miles)

below the earth; the base measures also16,000 Yojanas in diameter.

The corolla of the mountain measures 32,000 Yojanas (256,000

miles). On the top of the Mount Meru is the City of Brahma.

 

 

Veeraswamy Krishnaraj

 

 

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[Guest guest]

dear sir,

One question, On the top of mount meru is the city of Brahmadev, but

Brahmadev's city is supposed to be in Satyalok, which is many many yojans

above the meru.

It is a bit confusing.

regards,

kanishk.

At 06:00 PM 8/19/2009, you wrote:

[Attachment(s) from myumbra-bgusa

included below]

The ancient Hindu cosmology:

In this description one Yojana is equal to 8 miles. Different texts give

different figures.

 

http://www.bhagavadgitausa.com/HINDU%20VIEW%20OF%20THE%20PHYSICAL%20WORLD.htm

 

According to Bhagavada Purana,

Agnidhara1,

Idhmajihva2,

Yajnabahu3, Mahavira4,

Hiranyareta5,

Medhatithi6,

Ghrtaprstha7,

Savana8, and

Vitihotra9,

Kavi10 are names of the seven (out of ten

sons) who inherited the continents from Priyavrta. The three sons,

Mahavira4,

Savana8,

and

Kavi10 were avowed inveterate

Bramacharins (celibate seekers of Bramah Vidya and god). (Priyavrata

married Barhjismati, daughter of Visvakarma, the architect of the gods

who gave him ten sons and a daughter Urjasvati.) Priyavrata had, by

another spouse, three sons: Uttama, Tamasa, and Raivata who were in

charge of three Manvantras, named after them.

 

According to Vishnu Purana, Priyavrata and

Kamya, the daughter of

Kardama, had two daughters,

Samrat and

Kukshi, and ten sons, Agnidhara, Idhmajihva,

Yajnabahu, Hiranyareta, Ghrtaprstha, Medhatithi, and Vitihotra, who

inherited the globe and three other celibate sons.

 

CREATION AND DISSOLUTION for the story on

Kardama.

Lineage: Brahma-->Swayambhuva

Manu-->Priyavrata.

 

Mahavira, Savana, and Kavi were not interested in

material wealth and devoted themselves to the Lord. Priyavrata, having

ruled the globe for 1.1 billion years (1,100,000,000), divided the earth

into seven parts by the rut left by the chariot wheels, which resulted in

seven continents and seven seas. Thus, the earth is divided into

seven Dvipas (Continents, primary divisions)

ruled by seven sons of the monarch.

Dvipa = Dvi + ap = two + water = land within

the two distributaries = Island.

The globe (Jumbudvipa) has the round configuration of seven concentric

circles of a lotus flower with a diameter of 100,000 Yojanas (800,000

miles). Each Dvipa (continent) consist of

nine Varsas (countries, Subdivisions).

Varsha = Country; division of the earth by nine

mountain ranges; rain; year.) Each Varsa is 72,000 miles in

extent. In the epicenter of the surface of the globe is present the

inner Varsa, Ilavrta, which again in its

center has the principal mountain range, the king of Mountains, Meru, the

Axis Mundi. Meru = Sumeru = Very exalted, the

mountain of the gods. It appears that Sumeru and Sumeria are

cognate. Sumeru reaches into the firmament by height of 672,000 miles.

Consider Himalayas (Mount Everest) reaching a height of only 5.5 miles

(29,035 feet). The moon is at the distance of 238,906 miles from earth.

The flat top of the Mount Meru is 2.81 times the distance of the moon

from earth. Mount Meru is made of pure gold. It forms the circular

pericarp of the lotus-like globe, in which

the base (lower end) of the pericarp lies 16,000 yojanas (128,000 miles)

below the earth; the base measures also16,000 Yojanas in diameter.

The corolla of the mountain measures 32,000 Yojanas (256,000

miles). On the top of the Mount Meru is the City of Brahma.

 

 

Veeraswamy Krishnaraj

 

 

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