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Re: Bhavishya Purana [Re: Deepak_M] #29146 - 04/25/03 07:04 AM Edit Reply Quote

Hmm, one has to believe in another biology than I have learned. Attaining the age of a 100 years is something which was a goal in the Vedas (jivema sharadam shatam), which is an indication that not verybody did live so long. That's why that wish was expressed. The heroes, like Yudhishthira, were quite aged during the war. And Krshna Vyasa was their grandfather. Pariskhit was born in the war. When he was king, he must have been around 25 years or 36 years, according to the regnal period of Yudhishthira. Janamejaya must have been at least a teenager when he heard the work of Veda Vyasa by Sauti. No reference in any epic work is found where Vyasa is said to be present after the Mahabharata war. Adi-Sankara didn't really meet Krshna Vyasa, but a descendant of his. There were more Vyasas, as Krshna Vyasa was certainly different from Badarayana Vyasa, the composer of the BrahmaSutras (Vedanta). In the times of Parikshit I, the forefather of the later Kauravas and the pandavas, there lived a Rishi named Veda. Personally I don't believe in some people living longer than other human beings. From textual references it is clear that for instance there were more Vasishthas than the single one. When reading closer one can trace personal names of individual Vasishthas, like Devaraj, Vasukra, Vasukri, Vasukarna, Indrapramada, Atharvanidhi, Apava, Varuna, Brahma, Mana, etc.