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

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naks.atra

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asterism

1

BHAVA

1

BHAVA

       

2

UdBHaVA

2

BHuVA

       

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}

   

4

BHAVya

4

BHAVa

       

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}

   

7

R.TU "season, [fig.] menses"

6

R.TU

26

RevaTi

   

6

KRATU

7

KRATU

27

     

8

VAHNI "carrier"

8

VAHNI

28

Bharan.i "bearer"

   

9

HAVYA-VAHA

9

HAVYA-VAHA

       

10

SAVITRA

10

SAVITRA

       

11

S`uddha

11-16

         

12

MajJALIYA

17

MaRJALIYA

3

MR.Ga-s`iras

   

13

MADHYAMA

18

MADHYAMA

       

14

VAIRAJA

19

VAIRAJA

       

15

NIS.ADA

20

NIS.ADA

6

tIS.ya

   

16

Mukhya

           

17

MEGHA-VAHANA

22

MEGHA-VAHANA

8

MaGHA

   

18

PAN~CAMA ("fifth")

21

PAN~CAMA

11

Hasta "hand" (of five fingers)

20

Hasta

19

CITRA-ka

23

CInTA-ka

12

CITRA

   

20

A-Kr.TI

24

A-KuTI

       

21

JN~ana

25

VI-jN~ati

14

VI-s`akha

   

22

MANAs

26

MANA

       

23

Su-dars`a

27

         

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

       

26

RAKTA "blood"

30

RAKTA

   

13

drops of blood

27

PITA-VASAs

31

PITA-VASA

       

28

A-SITA

32

SITA

       

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.