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Re: Bhavishya Purana [Re: Ishwa] #16032 - 05/10/02 07:09 AM Edit Reply Quote

A point to remember is that Mah�rshi Vy�sa didn't write the Bhavishya, because he must have been dead after king Parikshit II P�ndava, so he could never have been present at the Naimish�ranya meetings where the Adi or original Pur�na work was retold and the new works like the Adi-Bhavishya must have started. Another point is the unfounded re-interpretation of ancient Hindu works for predicting and naming especially the movement of Islam (I think to glorifying that movement). What was really predicted was the loss of virtue and dignity and the predominance of ego(t)ism in personality and evil forces in society, etc. due to the time character of Kali in the Yuga system. The appearances of the names in the Bhavishya have to do with describing actual history, and not with predictions. Any civilization has a kind of moral and social need for a Kalki or Maitreya to conquer what's magnified evil and (re-)establish what's right. But to link all the occurrences unfoundedly with certain twists in meanings, as done by some Hindus and Muslims, with references to ancient books without proper historical and philological knowledge is not very professional or academic.