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Does Kalki appear at the end of every Kali Yuga, or just the current one?

Let me first explain a bit about Hindu timescales. … Now that we have some background, in this chapter of the Matsya Purana (an important Hindu scripture), various incarnations of Vishnu in the present Vaivasvata Manvantara are described. …
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Was the Kali Yuga invented in the Kali Yuga?

It's during one of the past Treta Yugas that the Hindu epic the Ramayana took place. In the Dwapara Yuga, most humans are bad but some are good. … Most Hindu scriptures, including the Mahabharata and the Puranas, are believed to have been composed in the Dwapara Yuga. …
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How did Vayu the wind god start being associated with Vishnu?

There are three prominent Hindu philosophies today: Advaita or monism, Dvaita or dualism, and Visistadvaita or qualified monism. … For the record, I'm a Hindu and a Vaishnava, but I'm not a follower of Madhvacharya. …
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How did Christianity come to equate the place of punishment and the place of demons?

As a Hindu, I find this idea strange, because why would demons, who delight in doing evil, be the ones who administer punishment to those who do evil? …
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