Guest guest Posted April 4, 2002 Report Share Posted April 4, 2002 An excerpt from Hollow Earth in the Puranas- There are other prominent Puranic stories which openly make reference to the hollow portion of the Earth such as the one relating to the avatar Parasurama, and may be found in the Ninth Canto, Sixteenth Chapter, Texts 19 - 21, of the Bhagavatam Purana. 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 to indicate the "face" of the Earth. Then it is explained that Parasurama distributed the eight points of the compass to certain rishis. This only makes sense as was rather disgusted with the warrior caste. Rishis are different than warriors, of course- 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, the " madhyayatah ", the middle portion, was then mentioned; the Bhagavat Purana says that the middle portion was distributed to Kashyapa Rishi. So while adopting a descriptive tone of narration, and after having mentioned the surface or the " face " of the world, the Bhagavata Purana went on to contrast by mentioning the middle portion, practically in the same breath. The wording and story line of this narration about the avatar Parasurama is directly indicative of the Hollow Earth Theory. http://www.hiddenmysteries.com/redir/index418.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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