Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
author: Jai Paul Dudeja
edition: 2018, Kalpaz Publications
pages: 207
ISBN-10: 9386397978
ISBN-13: 9789386397973
Topic: Shaivism
1008 Mahayugas
This chapter describes 1008 Mahayugas in the book Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra (An Invincible Armour for Conquering Death). The ten chapters of this text deal with the basic introduction (of mantras in general), Indian mythology, meditation practices (japa/dhyana/sadhana) and several other studies. It further deals with the the deities of mantras, the significance of the Mrityunjayamantra, its different versions in sacred texts such as the Vedas, Samhitas and Stotras. This chapter is part of the collection Part 8: Significance of Auspicious Numbers 108 and 1008 for Mantra Chanting, Japa, Sadhana and meditation.
Full contents not available online!
To read the full text of Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra, you can buy Jai Paul Dudeja’s book from Exotic India
You can look up the meaning of the phrase “1008 Mahayugas” according to 26 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
The Brahma Purana (abridged)
Each cycle of satya yuga, treta yuga, dvapara yuga and kali yuga is called a mahayuga. A mahayuga comprises of 12,000 years of the gods, or equivalently, 4,320,000 years for human. 71 mahayugas constitute a manvantara and 14 manvantaras constitute a cycle (kalpa). One kalpa is one of Brahma’s days and the universe is destroyed at the end of a kalpa. Each manvantara is ruled over by a Manu....
Read full contents: Manvantaras
The Narada Purana (abridged)
Each mahayuga is divided into four sub-periods of satya yuga, treta yuga, dvapara yuga and kali yuga. Two thousand mahayugas are merely one day for Brahma. There are fourteen eras (manvantara) in each of Brahma’s days. Brahma’s nights are just as long and it is during Brahma’s night that the world is destroyed and flooded with water. Each of Brahma’s days is called a kalpa. A hundred years for Brahma are equivalent to a single day for Vishnu....
Read full contents: Markandeya
Karmic Astrology—a Study [by Sunita Anant Chavan]
Siddhantas work on planetary calculations beginning from a Kalpa, the Tantra texts calculate from a Mahayuga and Karana texts on the mean motions of planets in a given epoch close to the date of their composition. b. Schools of Siddhantas The Siddhanta works differed amongst themselves in calculation related to the length of the year and the calculation related to the motion of planets in a Kalpa or a Mahayuga....
Read full contents: Part 2.2.6 - Ganita of the Siddhanta Period
Total 26 books found: See all results here.
Summary:
You can return to the book Index to buy or shop for other books, or you can read the available online pages below:
[Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra: index]
[About the Author (Jai Paul Dudeja)]
[Preface]