Cyclopedia universal history : embracing the most complete and recent presentation of the subject in two principal parts or divisions of more than six thousand pages . dsof punishment are employed. other in an ascending scale. In thefirst three instances he was incarnatedin the form of animals, namely, as afish, as a tortoise, and as a boar. Inthe fourth earthly revelation he was theManu lion. Then began the humanavatars. In the fifth estate Vishnu wasa dwarf; in the sixth, a hero; and inthe seventh, a Ramchandra and a Krish-na. Buddha himself was an incarna- GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. tion. It i
Cyclopedia universal history : embracing the most complete and recent presentation of the subject in two principal parts or divisions of more than six thousand pages . dsof punishment are employed. other in an ascending scale. In thefirst three instances he was incarnatedin the form of animals, namely, as afish, as a tortoise, and as a boar. Inthe fourth earthly revelation he was theManu lion. Then began the humanavatars. In the fifth estate Vishnu wasa dwarf; in the sixth, a hero; and inthe seventh, a Ramchandra and a Krish-na. Buddha himself was an incarna- GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. tion. It is also believed that Aishnuwill ultimately appear on earth in hisown person. This will happen whenthe highest age of man has been re-duced to twenty-three years. WhenVishnu shall come lie will be calledKalki,and will possess eight supernaturalpowers on the earth. This great avatar equal with Brahma and Vishnu. Sivawas identified with Rudra, god of thestorm, just as Vishnu took . Place of Siva the place ot Indra m the m the Indianolder mythology. The ^^Brahmanic system represents Siva asdwelling at times with the human race,but never as incorporated in earthlv. A 1 IJ » J, II, ^ Hiy^^\\^
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