kalpa-s
LP 1:4:45-49 |
VuP 1:21:27 - 1:23:33 |
naks.atra-s |
RJ, as translated in A&ACS, Fig. 19 |
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kalpa |
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kalpa |
# |
naks.atra |
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asterism |
1 |
BHAVA |
1 |
BHAVA |
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2 |
UdBHaVA |
2 |
BHuVA |
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3 |
TAPAS "bodily warmth" |
3 |
TAPAS |
22 |
S`ravis.t.ha < *S`LAW- {: cognate with name of KLE[W]o-patra, who commited suicide because her husband had undergone spontaneous combustion} |
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4 |
BHAVya |
4 |
BHAVa |
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5 |
RAMBHA: Rambha was queen of the ap-saras = female attendants to nobility |
5 |
RAMBHA |
24-25 |
Pros.t.ha-pada "stool for the feet" {cf. Welsh female attendant who served as footstool to the king} |
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7 |
R.TU "season, [fig.] menses" |
6 |
R.TU |
26 |
RevaTi |
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6 |
KRATU |
7 |
KRATU |
27 |
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8 |
VAHNI "carrier" |
8 |
VAHNI |
28 |
Bharan.i "bearer" |
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9 |
HAVYA-VAHA |
9 |
HAVYA-VAHA |
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10 |
SAVITRA |
10 |
SAVITRA |
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11 |
S`uddha |
11-16 |
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12 |
MajJALIYA |
17 |
MaRJALIYA |
3 |
MR.Ga-s`iras |
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13 |
MADHYAMA |
18 |
MADHYAMA |
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14 |
VAIRAJA |
19 |
VAIRAJA |
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15 |
NIS.ADA |
20 |
NIS.ADA |
6 |
tIS.ya |
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16 |
Mukhya |
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17 |
MEGHA-VAHANA |
22 |
MEGHA-VAHANA |
8 |
MaGHA |
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18 |
PAN~CAMA ("fifth") |
21 |
PAN~CAMA |
11 |
Hasta "hand" (of five fingers) |
20 |
Hasta |
19 |
CITRA-ka |
23 |
CInTA-ka |
12 |
CITRA |
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20 |
A-Kr.TI |
24 |
A-KuTI |
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21 |
JN~ana |
25 |
VI-jN~ati |
14 |
VI-s`akha |
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22 |
MANAs |
26 |
MANA |
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23 |
Su-dars`a |
27 |
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24 |
BR.mHA "expansion" |
28 |
BR.HAt |
17 |
Mula-BaRHAn.i (TB 1:5:1) |
15 |
"Growth amulet" |
25 |
S`VETA-LOHITA |
29 |
S`VETA-LOHITA |
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26 |
RAKTA "blood" |
30 |
RAKTA |
13 |
drops of blood |
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27 |
PITA-VASAs |
31 |
PITA-VASA |
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28 |
A-SITA |
32 |
SITA |
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29 |
SarVA-RUPA ka |
34 |
Vis`VA-RUPA |
Another on-line citation of the 34 kalpa-s according to the VuP :-
"(1) Bhava. (2) Bhuva. (3) Tapah. (4) Bhava. (5) Rambha. (6) Ritu. (7) Kratu. (8) Vahni. (9) Havyavahana. (10) Savitra. (11) Bhuvah. (12) Oushika. (13) Kushika. (14) Gandharva. (15) Rishabha. (16) Shadaja. (17) Marjaliya. (18) Madhyama. (19) Vairaja. The great Vairaja Manu was born in this kalpa and his son was the great sage Dadhichi. (20) Nishada. The race of nishadas (hunters) were created during this period. (21) Panchama. (22) Meghavahana. The word megha means cloud and vahana means to bear. In this kalpa, Vishnu adopted the form of a cloud and bore Shiva on his back. It is thus that the kalpa received its name. (23) Chintaka. (24) Akuti. (25) Vijnati. (26) Mana. (27) Bhava. (28) Vrihat. (29) Shvetalohita. (30) Rakta. (31) Pitavasa. (32) Sita. (33) Krishna (34) Vishvarupa."
http://www.dharmakshetra.com/literature/puranas/Vayu%20Purana.htm
TB = Taittiriya Brahman.a
LP = ANCIENT INDIAN TRADITION AND MYTHOLOGY SERIES, Vol. 5 -- The Linga Puran.a, Part I. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1973.
VuP = ANCIENT INDIAN TRADITION AND MYTHOLOGY SERIES, Vol. 37 -- The Vayu Puran.a, translated by G. V. Tagare. Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1987.
RJ = BILDERATLAS ZUR RELIGIONSGESCHICHTE, No. 12. -- Willibald Kirfel: Die Religion der Jaina's. Leipzig, 1928.
A&ACS = The Alphabet and the Ancient Calendar Signs. 2nd edn., by Hugh A. Moran & David H. Kelley. 1970.