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I've moved this article to vedic timekeeping, since the use of these metrics isn't entirely limited to hindu scripture, and the sytem may in fact predate hinduism. Mkweise 18:19 29 May 2003 (UTC)

  • It has been suggested that we are entering a short period of relative light within this otherwise dark time for humanity and the higher beings. PLEASE CORRECT THIS IF NECESSARY.

Irrelevant and/or just plain of paragraph above cut out. Jpatokal 16:38, 6 Feb 2004 (UTC)

The basically took a whole slab of text from http://www.ambedkar.org/riddleinhinduism/21C.Riddles%20in%20Hinduism%20PART%20III.htm and copied it from the article. I've rolled back, and as this user insists on doing this for all Hindu articles I'm rolling back all changes. - Ta bu shi da yu 11:29, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

references

the article is totally unreferenced, giving us no indication of the units' historical attestation. Maybe it should be merged somewhere; For the moment, I'm moving it to Hindu units of measurement, since apparently these are units in use in Hinduism today. dab (ᛏ) 14:36, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

  • dab - since when does wikipedia need external references? Much information learned orally is now showing up on WIkipedia precisely because it is convenient way to incrementally enter and collaboratively enhance. All the references will probably be Sanskrit texts which are hard to get in original - thus all references will be at most 2nd or 3rd level pointing to translations done by various researches (with disagreements).
  • that said, it would be good to note some of this - i am just taking exception to this narrow "hindu/unsubstantiated" classification.
  • --savyasaachi 20060420

not per se hindu

but it is probably hard to explain anyways. just a general tendency that i have observed about everything to do with ancient india. i have no suggestion to alleviate the error (as yet).

Alan Watts Disagrees

This wiki is in dire need of cleanup and factual checking. According to Alan Watts, an interpreter of Eastern religions andd professor of Theology, this wiki has it wrong. The kalpa is the primary unit of measurement in Hinduism, and it lasts 4,320,000 Earth-years. According to Watts, there are two types of kalpa: Manvantara and Pralaya. Manvantara is the period of time in which the universe is manifested, and Pralaya is the period of time when the universe is un-manifested; when the Godhead does not dream but is aware of its own nature. These are called, respectively, the days and the nights of the Brahman, and this goes on forever. Furthermore, according to Watts, first Yuga is called Creta, not Satya. My reference is his lectures, and they are available (for a short time) on the Alan Watts podcast, the most relevant episode being "The Mythology of Hinduism #4".

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