At the end of the cycle of Universe, Shiva again becomes active and destroys the structures of the old Universe to make way for rebirth and renewal. The Myth : The famous myth about him is that of 'Samudra Manthan'. The Churning of the Primordial Ocean, at the beginning of the ...
cycle of rebirth - (Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms moksa - (Hinduism) release from the cycle of rebirth karma - (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation samsara - (Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of birth...
In many Hindu texts, creation is not a single event but a recurring cycle (known askalpas). The universe undergoes cycles of creation, preservation, and dissolution (often depicted through the trinity of Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver, and Shiva the Destroyer). This cyclical view of...
They reference the water life cycle Water ascends towards the sky in vapors; from the sun it descends in rain, from the rains are born the plants, from the plants, animals They mention weapons of mass destruction akin to nuclear weapons. For example, the effects of the Agneya Astra...
deal with these themes. They also elaborate the myths of the popular gods. They describe the universe as undergoing an eternally repeated cycle of creation, preservation, and dissolution, represented by the trinity ofBrahmathe creator,Vishnuthe preserver, andShivathe destroyer as aspects of the ...
The fourth and most-degenerate yuga (Kali) is the present age, which began in 3102 bce and will last 432,000 years. At the close of the Kali yuga, the world will be destroyed, to be re-created after a period of quiescence as the cycle resumes again. In Hindu astronomy, a yuga is...
The māyā-śakti, operating on the macrocosmic level, is extrinsic (bahir-aṅga) to Bhagavān and is responsible for manifesting and regulating the material realm of prakṛti and for subjecting jīvas, individual living beings, to the bondage of saṃsāra, the cycle of birth and ...
The article presents the author's perspective on the Hindu view of time in which the universe undergoes cycle during the period of its manifestation. He discusses the four yugas that consist the cycle, the Sat, Treta, Dvapara and Kali. He also provides a detailed understanding on the ...
The sixty years cycle of Jupiter and Saturn gives rise to another interesting number. In a sixty year period, Jupiter will complete five circuits of the zodiac and Saturn will complete two circuits. The combined individual cycles equal seven which is also the total number of visible planets ...
Because of this, it’s sometimes referred to as a “family of religions” or a “way of life” rather than a single, established religion. Hindus hold to the concepts of karma and samsara, or the eternal cycle of birth, death, and rebirth (the universal law of cause and effect). ...