Guest guest Posted August 15, 2000 Report Share Posted August 15, 2000 Dear Mahesh, In other Puranas, it is directly mentioned that the Kalki avatar will appear in a Shamballa which is in the interior of the planet. I imagine that Shrila Prabhupada said " India " because he didn't want to open up a can of worms. I guess you all know that one of my themes is the hollow Earth theory and Puranic references. It seems to me that the Puranic narrations naturally made some comments about the hollow portion of the Earth, of the nature of comments in passing, as if such a world were already understood and required no special definition. In my article Hollow Earth in the Puranas, I explain this, and offer two Puranic stories as evidence. http://skyboom.com/hollowearthpuranas/ I have recently found a third narration which offers strong evidence in this regard. I am referring to the Ninth Canto, Sixteenth Chapter, Texts 19 - 21, of the Bhagavatam. The pastime involves Shree Parasurama. The 19th text says that he confronted the warrior caste 21 times and rid the face of the Earth of them. The word Prithivim was used, and has been translated by Bhaktivedanta Swami, Prabhupada, in this way. Then it is explained that Parasurama distributed the eight points of the compass to certain rishis. This only makes sense as He seemed to be disgusted with the warrior caste. Rishis are different- they are members of the priestly caste. For example, they are tolerant, intellectual, they practice goodness, etc. After mentioning the eight points of the compass and the rishis whom received lordship over these areas, " madhyatah " was mentioned, and that this area known as Madhyatah was distributed to Kashyapa Rishi. Well, madhya means, straight and simple, in Sanskrit, " the middle." So while adopting the descriptive tone of a narration, and after having mention the surface or the " face "of the world, the Bhagavata Purana went on to mention the middle portion, practically in the same breath. In my humble opinion, this narration about the avatar Parasurama is directly indicative of the Hollow Earth Theory. Hari Bolo! Dharmapada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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