[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v1.c5.s7.599 # The Purana Index v1.c5.s7.599 The Purāṇa Index v1.c5.s7.599 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.s7.599](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.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 - [Previous: v1.c5.s7.598](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s7.598) - [Next: v1.c5.s7.600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s7.600) - [Up: v1.c5.s7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s7.599](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c5.s7.599) · Pramāṇa