They were very smart to know that Boar ( wild or home) carries tapeworm and made up a story and made it as Bharah avatar. Brahmin and chhetri did not eat Pig. So did Jews and followed by their cousin muslim. Last edited: 28-Jan-15 02:30 PM

magorkhe1 · Jan 28, 2015 2:28 PM

There might be few flaws in Hinduism but there are extremely deep stories that science proves true today which is amazing. I don't get how hundreds of years before they had this tech but again I feel like this is just an era and everything's gonna end one day and we gonna start new era and talk about the one we live in.

Ronaldo7 · Jan 28, 2015 3:01 PM

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.

Kiddo · Jan 28, 2015 3:24 PM

Kiddo baraha avatar was not about grafting a boar's head on human body but the supposedly divine existence taking form of a wild boar at birth and growing into a big boar. I know you were kidding but let's get the story straight :) In my opinion it would be naive to believe it has any resemblance or connection with the creation of earth.

rethink · Jan 28, 2015 3:42 PM

@rethink "Early sculptures of Varaha generally depict him in his boar form. Anthropomorphic depictions of Varaha with human body and boar’s head become popular in the later period. " Roshen Dalal (5 October 2011). Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide. Penguin Books India. pp. 444–5. ISBN 978-0-14-341421-6. "Varaha may be depicted completely as a boar or in an anthropomorphic form, with a boar's head and human body." Source: Wikipedia "As half-human, half-animal, he is often shown standing with one leg bent supporting Bhumidevi, whose expression, according to Indian canons of representation, should express both shyness and joy." Source: Encyclopedia Britannica (http://www.britannica.com/EBch...

Kiddo · Jan 28, 2015 8:33 PM