Shveta Varaha Kalpa, Shvetavaraha-kalpa, Shvetavarahakalpa, Śveta Vārāha Kalpa, Sveta Varaha Kalpa, Svetavaraha Kalpa, Śvetavārāhakalpa: 4 definitions
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Shveta Varaha Kalpa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Śveta Vārāha Kalpa and Śvetavārāhakalpa can be transliterated into English as Sveta Varaha Kalpa or Shveta Varaha Kalpa or Svetavarahakalpa or Shvetavarahakalpa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Śvetavārāhakalpa (श्वेतवाराहकल्प) or Śvetakalpa refers to one of the thirty Kalpas, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.13 (“The birth of Gaṇeśa”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā said to Nārada: “Due to the difference of Kalpas, the story of the birth of Gaṇeśa is told in different ways. According to one account he is born of the great lord. His head looked at by Śani was cut off and an elephant’s head was put on him. Now we narrate the story of the birth of Gaṇeśa in Śvetakalpa [i.e., śvetavārāhakalpa] when his head was cut off by the merciful Śiva. [...]”.
Notes: According to the Purāṇas the legends of one Kalpa are repeated in the other. In this process some modifications in the accounts are bound to happen with the changes in the happenings. The legend of Gaṇeśa as recorded in this chapter belongs to Śvetavārāhakalpa (Śvetakalpa). It is distinct from the one referred to above.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
General definition (in Hinduism)
First of the 30 Kalpas (days of Brahma). We are now presiding in the shvetavaraha-kalpa of the fifty-first year of Brahma. Two kalpas constitute a day and night of Brahma. A "month of Brahma" is supposed to contain thirty such days (including nights), or 259.2 billion years. According to the Mahabharata, 12 months of Brahma (=360 days) constitute his year, and 100 such years the life cycle of the universe.
Manus of the Śveta Vārāha Kalpa
- First Manvantara - the interval of Swayambhu Manu
- Second Manvantara - the interval of Swarochisha Manu
- Third Manvantara - the interval of Auttami Manu
- Fourth Manvantara - the interval of Tamasa Manu
- Fifth Manvantara - the interval of Raivata Manu
- Sixth Manvantara - the interval of Chakshusha Manu
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The present, seventh Manvantara - the interval of Vaivasvata Manu
- Eighth (Future) - Savarni Manu
- Ninth - Daksa Savarni Manu
- Tenth - Brahma Savarni Manu
- Eleventh - Dharma Savarni Manu
- Twelfth - Rudra Savarni Manu
- Thirteenth - Raucya or Deva Savarni Manu
- Fourteenth - Indra Savarni Manu
Current date:
Currently, 50 years of Brahma have elapsed and this is the first 'day' of the 51st year. This Brahma's day, Kalpa, is named as ShvetaVaraha Kalpa.
Within this Day, six Manvantaras have already elapsed and this is the seventh Manavatara, named as – Vaivasvatha Manvantara (or Sraddhadeva Manavatara).
Within the Vaivasvatha Manavantara, 27 Mahayugas (4 Yugas together is a Mahayuga), and the Krita, Treta and Dwapara Yugas of the 28th Mahayuga have elapsed. This Kaliyuga is in the 28th Mahayuga. This Kaliyuga began in the year 3102 BC in the proleptic Julian Calendar.
Since 50 years of Brahma have already elapsed, this is the second Parardha, also called as Dvithiya Parardha.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Śvetavārāhakalpa (श्वेतवाराहकल्प):—[=śveta-vārāha-kalpa] [from śveta-vārāha > śveta > śvit] m., a [particular] Kalpa, the first day in the month of Brahmā
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Śvētavarāhakalpa (ಶ್ವೇತವರಾಹಕಲ್ಪ):—[noun] (myth.) name of a particular period of thousand yugas (eras); (4,320 million years).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shveta, Shvetavaraha, Varaha, Kalpa.
Full-text: Gridhra, Kalpa, Shvetavaraha, Shvetakalpa, Kalpokta.
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