India

King Kakudmi & Revati visit Brahmā’s realm — return after 27 yuga cycles (Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.8.26–28).

King Muchukunda sleeps for an age; awakens after Manvantaras have passed (Mahābhārata 3.186).

Vimānas described in Mahābhārata & Rāmāyaṇa — flying chariots with propulsion and weapon systems

Brahmāstra & other astra weaponry reminiscent of nuclear weapons (Mahābhārata)

Maya Dānava’s flying palaces & mechanical beings → engineered automatons and anti-gravity craft.

Brahma’s day and night cycles — billions of human years each → cosmic time loops / cyclic universe.

15.01.2024

Avatar (etymology)

 "descent of a Hindu deity to earth in an incarnate or tangible form," from Sanskrit avatarana "descent" (of a deity to the earth in incarnate form), from ava- "off, down" (from...