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1 Manvantara = 12,000 x 1,000 -------------- = 8,57,142 6/7 Deva years.

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1 Deva year = 360 Lunar years.

12,000,000 x 360 1 Manvantara = ---------------- = 3,37,142,657 1/2 Lunar years.

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The Manvantaras have their Ma.n.u.s, successors of Ma.n.u.s, Ris.h.i.+s and Devas.

The Ris.h.i.+s, Indras, and Devas appear together.

In the daily creation of Brahma, Animals, Men, Pitris and Devas are born according to their own Karma.

During the Manvantara, Bhagavan preserves this universe by His own Satva, directly as Manvantara Avataras and indirectly as Ma.n.u.s and others. When Pralaya approaches, Bhagavan withdraws His Saktis (or powers). Triloki is then burnt up by fires from the mouth of Sankarshana. Bhrigu and other dwellers of Mahar Loka proceed to Jana Loka. The waters of Pralaya sweep away everything before them. In that watery expanse, Hari remains seated upon the coils of Ananta, with His eyes closed.

With every Day and Night, the age of Brahma declines. He lives for one hundred years only. Half of Brahma's age is called Pararddha. The first Pararddha has expired, the second has commenced with our Kalpa. Every day of Brahma is called one Kalpa.

At the beginning of the first Pararddha was Brahma Kalpa, when Brahma or the present Kosmos was born.

At the end of the first Pararddha was Padma Kalpa, when the Loka-Padma (the lotus of Lokas) appeared at the navel of Hari.

The first Kalpa of the second Pararddha, which is the present Kalpa, is called Varaha Kalpa. Hari incarnated as Varaha or Boar during this Kalpa.

The two Pararddhas are but a wink of Bhagavan. Kala cannot measure him.

[1 Day of Brahma = 12,000,000 Deva years, 1 Night of Brahma = 12,000,000 Do.

------------- 24,000,000 Do.

Multiplying by 360 --------------- 1 year of Brahma = 8,640,000,000 Deva years.

Multiplying by 100 ------------------ Age of Brahma = 864,000,000,000 Deva years.

Multiplying by 360 ----------------------- 31,10,40,00,00,00,000 Lunar years.

1 Kali Yuga, including Twilight (Sandhya and Sandhyansa) = 1,200 X 360 = 4,32,000 Lunar years.

Varaha Kalpa = 50 X 360 + 1 = 180001st Kalpa.

The present is the seventh Manvantara of that Kalpa.

The present Kali Yuga is the 28th Yuga of that Manvantara and 4,994 years of that Yuga have expired in the present year of Christ 1894.

THEOSOPHICAL CORRESPONDENCES. The words Kalpa and Manvantara are carelessly used in Theosophical literature. But I shall use those terms, specially with reference to page 309 of the second volume of the _Secret Doctrine_ (first edition.)

1 Kalpa = 7 Rounds.

1 Round = 2 Manvantaras.

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

The last Globe Chain of which the Moon formed a living planet belonged to Padma Kalpa. Our Globe D is the 18001st since the birth of the Kosmos. There will be 17999 more such Globes, one after each Pralaya of Globe Chains. There will be 18000 more Pralayas of the Globe Chain. Then there will be a general dissolution or Prakritika Pralaya, not only of the Globe Chain, but of the whole Kosmic system.