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India

22.10.2025 · AE551022
King Kakudmi & Revati visit Brahmā’s realm — return after 27 yuga cycles (Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.8.26–28). King Muchukunda sleeps for an age; awakens after Manvantaras have passed (Mahābhārata 3.186). Vimānas described in Mahābhārata & Rāmāyaṇa — flying chariots with propulsion and weapon systems Brahmāstra & other astra weaponry reminiscent of nuclear weapons (Mahābhārata) Maya Dānava’s flying palaces & mechanical beings → engineered automatons and anti-gravity craft. Brahma’s day and night cycles — billions of human years each → cosmic time loops / cyclic universe.
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Avatar (etymology)

15.01.2024 · AE540115
 "descent of a Hindu deity to earth in an incarnate or tangible form," from Sanskrit avatarana "descent" (of a deity to the earth in incarnate form), from ava- "off, down" (from Proto-Indo-European root *au- (2) "off, away") + base of tarati "(he) crosses over" (from PIE root *tere- (2) "cross over, pass through, overcome").

The meaning "concrete embodiment of something abstract" is from 1815. In computer use, it seems to trace to the novel "Snowcrash" (1992) by Neal Stephenson.

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