Posted by: Kiddo January 28, 2015
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So you were fine with grafting a boar's head on human body but had issue with earth being in a sea?
Kidding.
One can have various interpretations of what's written and you can find a version that fits the scientific model. Bhudevi, that Varaha rescued, could be just a mass of land - not the earth as a whole. Here's what Wiki says:
"The earliest versions of the Varaha legend are found in the Taittiriya Aranyaka and the Shatapatha Brahmana. They narrate that the universe was filled with the primordial waters. The earth was the size of a hand and was trapped in it. The god Prajapati (the creator-god Brahma) in the form of a boar (varaha) plunges into the waters and brings the earth out."
This fits perfectly with our understanding of Earth. 4 billion years ago earth was a hot rock. Earth was then covered with water until around 2.5B years ago.
While the timeline doesn't match (I think each yuga lasted about 1.5 million years), you can make a point that our forefathers knew land emerged out of water. The 10 avatars also follow the chronology of how life started in earth.
Kidding.
One can have various interpretations of what's written and you can find a version that fits the scientific model. Bhudevi, that Varaha rescued, could be just a mass of land - not the earth as a whole. Here's what Wiki says:
"The earliest versions of the Varaha legend are found in the Taittiriya Aranyaka and the Shatapatha Brahmana. They narrate that the universe was filled with the primordial waters. The earth was the size of a hand and was trapped in it. The god Prajapati (the creator-god Brahma) in the form of a boar (varaha) plunges into the waters and brings the earth out."
This fits perfectly with our understanding of Earth. 4 billion years ago earth was a hot rock. Earth was then covered with water until around 2.5B years ago.
While the timeline doesn't match (I think each yuga lasted about 1.5 million years), you can make a point that our forefathers knew land emerged out of water. The 10 avatars also follow the chronology of how life started in earth.