Inconsistencies, contradictions within the Mahabharata.

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bheegi

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Posted: 11 years ago

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How long was each year in Dwaparyuga? Did they also use 365 days for a year?

400 years as a life span (if used in current terms) seems scientifically impossible...assuming Mahabharat is history and not just mythology

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Janaki

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Even if Abhimanyu was 33 years, we cannot equate that to 33 years today. Like someone mentioned, we don't know how long each year was. I doubt it was 365 days since the westerners came up with that calendar. The days could have been more or less, and if people had a longer lifespan, than people may not have aged at the rate they do today, so if lifespan was longer than 120 years as it is today, then a man of 33 years may have looked and been seen as a child. This may be why movies and serials show Abhimanyu as a child.

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Originally posted by: bheegi
How long was each year in Dwaparyuga? Did they also use 365 days for a year?

400 years as a life span (if used in current terms) seems scientifically impossible...assuming Mahabharat is history and not just mythology

From the blog I mentioned the Mahabharata timeline, it is written "Since these are lunar years, there were two Adhik Masas (extra month) every 5 years, and in 13 years there were 5 Adhik Mases and 12 days". So that means, there were 0.42 adhik mas every year. Now as per our contemporary calendar, 3 adhik mases occur every 11 years, that gives us 0.27 adhik mas every year. Here is the relation of adhik mases with our contemporary calendar. http://www.timeanddate.com/date/hindu-leap-year.html

In Dwapar yuga too, the months were 28-31 days long at Dwapar yuga and the days were 24 hours. If we calculate mathematically, then 1 Dwapar year= 1.55 current year.

Then Abhimanyu's Dwapar yuga age of 32 years would be 49.6 years.🤣

Hence I think that the time-line is completely bogus. As according to current scientists, human life-expectancy was around 26 years at 3200-3000 BC (MB times).😆

Edited by -bharti - 11 years ago

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TheWatcher

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Originally posted by: bheegi
How long was each year in Dwaparyuga? Did they also use 365 days for a year?

400 years as a life span (if used in current terms) seems scientifically impossible...assuming Mahabharat is history and not just mythology

Then you have to rule out almost everything from Mahabharata if you want to include science, Draupadi and his brother came out from a fire - it is not scientifically possible, Ashwathhama invoked Brahmashira into a blade of grass - this too is scientifically impossible.

Considering these things really happened in Mahabharata, a person living till 400 years is not impossible, but 400 years is just an average life span, its not necessary that people had to live till then, people usually did penance after a certain amount of time and retired into the forest.

As I always say - We cannot judge things in Dwapur Yuga by keeping current terms.

Edited by TheWatcher - 11 years ago

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bheegi

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Originally posted by: TheWatcher

Then you have to rule out almost everything from Mahabharata if you want to include science, Draupadi and his brother came out from a fire - it is not scientifically possible, Ashwathhama invoked Brahmashira into a blade of grass - this too is scientifically impossible.

Considering these things really happened in Mahabharata, a person living till 400 years is not impossible, but 400 years is just an average life span, its not necessary that people had to live till then, people usually did penance after a certain amount of time and retired into the forest.

As I always say - We cannot judge things in Dwapur Yuga by keeping current terms.

I think a lot of things like Draupadi being born from fire are symbolic- like Drupad's anger and his desire for revenge were like fire. That doesn't mean MB wasn't itihaas.

Number of years can't be used in symbolic terms

But as Bharti said, years in dwaparyuga were probably 1.5X those of current years. I'd rather believe then Abhi was 20 based on that hypothesis

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Vrish

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Bharti, wasn't the Khandava Dahan done to build Indraprastha? Or was it just the Maya Mahal that was built after the event? I thought that the Pandavas cleared the Khandava forests to get land on which to build a new city.

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Janaki

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Originally posted by: TheWatcher

Then you have to rule out almost everything from Mahabharata if you want to include science, Draupadi and his brother came out from a fire - it is not scientifically possible, Ashwathhama invoked Brahmashira into a blade of grass - this too is scientifically impossible.

Considering these things really happened in Mahabharata, a person living till 400 years is not impossible, but 400 years is just an average life span, its not necessary that people had to live till then, people usually did penance after a certain amount of time and retired into the forest.

As I always say - We cannot judge things in Dwapur Yuga by keeping current terms.

I agree. I cannot take out the mystical/divine elements from the Mahabharat because for me, it's both history and the story of God, so I do not look for scientific explanations in any of our scriptures. The main character in Mahabharat, Lord Krishna, is himself an incarnation of God who did not hide his divinity like Lord Ram did, so it's not at all surprising that there'd be divine elements in his leela. However, it's personal choice so each to his own.

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bheegi

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Posted: 11 years ago

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@Ramkijanaki...as you said, it all boils down to belief and faith. That's why no one can be 100% right and no one can be 100% wrong...

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Janaki

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Originally posted by: bheegi
@Ramkijanaki...as you said, it all boils down to belief and faith. That's why no one can be 100% right and no one can be 100% wrong...

At the end of the day, we only debate and discuss for our own satisfaction, because we will never know what happened 1000s of years ago.

P.S. (Although, I think it would be interesting if the chiranjeevis who are still alive today can help us establish the facts so that people stop fighting over the characters. )