The Purana Index v1.c5.s7.599

v1.c5.s7.599

Deterioration of Vedic dharma and rise of Pākhaṇḍas. Incarnation of Pramati in the form of a horse who puts down all heretics and the unrighteous.⁵ Predominance of heretics and Śūdras in;⁵ 106,000 or 360,000-duration of; its sandhyāṃśa 1,000 years.⁷ Noted for theft, see Trayam;⁸ dānam the chief act and tamas the chief quality.⁹ description of the evils of bad rule and decay of civilization and morality, age of man 23 years; began with Parīkṣit when the two first stars of seven Ṛṣis were in Magha, its duration according to the calculation of men 360,800 Then comes Kṛta.¹⁰