Talk:Kali Yuga
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[edit] "lit. Age of Kali"
Unless ime very much in error, ~Kalii Yugaa~ is Darkness Age not "Age of Kali". The confusion is from imprecise transcription, k_a_l_i being uzed for both words. The goddess is Kaalii (long a, long i; meaning ~The Dark One~), the demon is Kaali (long a, short i), and :darkness is Kalii (short a, long i). If any-one has better information, ime keen to see it.
_ Froggo Zijgeb on 18`7`2006.
- Our article on Kali says that Kali means darkness, black. Secretlondon (talk) 23:29, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
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- Those are two different Kali's. It has nothing to do with the goddess Kali. The Kali in question is the male demon of the same name. --Ghostexorcist (talk) 19:40, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Translation
Where the previous description of Kali Yuga presented it with many misogynistic and intolerant views, a translation of the Mahabharata found at hinduism.co.za/ seems to reinforce these views. Where by no means am I endorsing such opinions, nor am I claiming that the Hindu religion universally holds such views, I was wondering if anyone could determine the legitimacy of said translation? 74.67.115.126 01:05, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
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- Man, what are you doing on a Hindu article page?...you should be on discussion pages that deal with marxism, communism, liberalism, frankfort school or other kind of kali yuga philosophical non-sense. You are seeing all that is being written through your modern, marxist, materialistic, left-wing, immoral, corrupt kali yuga beliefs and tendencies. Your veiws are the typical kali yuga denizen beleif.zeuspitar (talk) 23:54, 05 March 2008
[edit] User:Maldek's edits
Is this the talk page? HI I am Maldek and I am wondering why people keep editing my information. I am making the right changes to incorrect information about Kali-Yuga and other Vedic History. Please let me know what information I am listing incorrectly and I will prove it to you. Thank You. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Maldek (talk • contribs) 02:31, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
- Please read the explanation left on your talk page and especially wikipedia policies WP:V and WP:NPOV before readding the unsourced information. Abecedare (talk) 02:01, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Yuga Lifespans 100,000 years, 10,000 years, 1000 years, 100 years, 20 years.
I was wondering if we could add a little bit about the average lifespan in the different yugas.
I have many sources that show that in Sata Yuga the average lifespan was 100,000 years. In Treta Yuga the average lifespan was 10,000 years. In Dvapara Yuga the average lifespan was 1,000 years. In the beginning of Kali-Yuga 5,110 years ago the average lifespan was 100 years and at the end of Kali-Yuga the average lifespan will be 20 years. Could we add this in the Yuga articles. Thank You. Here are some sources.
http://www.harekrishnatemple.com/bhakta/chapter19.html
http://www.vaikunt.org/AyyaVaikuntar/kalanemi.htm
http://courseware.acadiau.ca/courses/engl/3663/wiki/index.php/Kalyug
http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/Yuga
http://salvia.us/archive/10815.shtmlMaldek (talk) 01:45, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] 5,000 years after 3102 B.C. is 1898 CE not 1899 CE
I was wondering if somebody could change the Golden Period of Kali-Yuga to 1898 CE instead of 1899 CE because if you say Kali-Yuga started in 3102 B.C. and that the golden period will begin 5,000 years after Kali-Yuga's start then that equals 1898 CE. I have tried to change it before but for some reason by edit was constantly reverted. To me 1898 CE makes mathematical sense, whereas 1899 CE is off by one year. If you could fix this small error, I would be much obliged. Thank You.Maldek (talk) 01:49, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
- Your error is assuming that the first year of the Kali-Yuga was year one. Because all years in the Hindu calendar are elapsed/expired/completed years, at any time before that first year had been completed, it was not yet year one, so it must be year zero. So 3102 cannot be subtracted from 5000. Only 3101 should be subtracted, yielding 1899 as the year when 5000 years have elapsed. — Joe Kress (talk) 02:16, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
