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    Theory Of The Four Yugas

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    April 2017 Theory of the Four Yugas Lasting four million three hundred twenty thousand years, are four ages known as Yugas. The ancients understood time as a circle, not linear.  Each age has distinct themes and spiritual lessons. According to the Hinduism scriptures, all mortal beings are destined to pass through four great epochs in every cycle of creation and destruction. The world has already been through the first three and is currently passing through the fourth Yuga. It is believed that the world

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    However humans have now entered a Dva Yuga according to Hindu myths or a Bronze age. In Dva Yuga the beginning or ailments come into play, humans not have to live with disease and misfortune. Everyone experiences death they all now face nature at a full force, they slowly being more materialistic and care less about

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    Cosmic Creation Myths across Cultures Paper Selena Siegmund University of Phoenix Hum/105 Cosmic Creation Myths across Cultures Creation is the “act of producing or the cause to exist” (Dictionary, 2012, pg.1). How the world is created is the big mystery that surrounds the minds of science. Cultures around the world each have interpretations on how the world was created. Creation myths show what represents the sky, earth, and underworld. These myths tell whether the creators where male or

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    Venezuelan Mythology

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    left Earth, leaving behind Odosha to rule the Earth and its people. Along with the Hindu myth, it tells the story of the Earth and its endless cycle of life and death. There are four time periods of the Earth’s cycle (Maha Yuga) in which the world changes: Krita Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara

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    Rise Of Hinduism

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    Hinduism is a vast and popular religion followed by more than roughly 13-14% of the world. Hinduism was originally called Sanathana Dharma term Hinduism has its roots which is derived from the Indus River, located in India. It is the third most popular religion, but also one of the oldest. People who devote their lives to or follow this religion are called Hindus. Hinduism has no original finder, but originated in a vast and diverse country, India dating back 7,000-10,000 BC. Places of worship

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    Hinduism or Sanatana Dharma(“Eternal spiritual path”): Hinduism began around 4000 years ago with an ancient people known as the Aryans or “noble people” in India. The Aryan’s philosophies, religion, and customs are documented as sacred passages known as the Vedas. The fundamental teachings of Hinduism, which form the foundation of all its different sects, are contained in the concluding portion of the Vedas, and are therefore known as the Vedanta (the "end or concluding portion of the Vedas"). This

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    Objective of my summer project is to compare and contrast the personality and life of our two greatest women of epics Goddess Sita and Draupadi. I would like to draw attention towards that how different they were yet they were similar. One daughter was wanted and other was unwanted for the father,Draupadi just erupted from fire her father just wanted a son. One erupted from fire full grown, Draupadi a woman who hasn’t experienced childhood. She had to suffer because of her husbands. Goddess

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    Golden Age

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    the help of gestures and motions. And so came about the art of dance and drama into being. All this happened approximately in the era which is called the Golden Age or Krita Yuga in Indian mythology. The Golden Age lasted for hundreds of thousands of years and then according to cosmic laws Krita Yuga was replaced by Treta Yuga and everything in the world underwent great changes. Ideals, morals, ethics were distorted. It is said that the human body is Shiva’s damaru (drum). Shiva always carried a

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    Hinduism Research Paper

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    Unlike many modern day religions, there are no clear origins of Hinduism. Hinduism is a fusion of various Indian cultures and traditions that over time molded into a religion. Its main roots, however, are in the Indus Valley civilization which was located in what is today known as northwest India and eastern Pakistan between 2500 and 1500 B.C.E, along with the Aryan culture and religion which existed between 1500 and 500 B.C.E. This dates back almost 4,000 years, which makes it one of the oldest

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    Objective of my summer project is to compare and contrast the personality and life of our two greatest women of epics Goddess Sita and Draupadi. I would like to draw attention towards that how different they were yet they were similar. One daughter was wanted and other was unwanted for the father,Draupadi just erupted from fire her father just wanted a son. One erupted from fire full grown, Draupadi a woman who hasn’t experienced childhood. She had to suffer because of her husbands. Goddess

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