Thursday, November 24, 2005

What is the name of the current Brahma ?

I was searching for the name to put for my blog I came across the word VIRINCHI very accidentally. I picked it up from the famous telugu song of SIRIVENNALA film which goes like this

"Virinchi nai virachinchithini ee kavanam ..."

The exact translation of the above sentence is `Composed this poem by becoming VIRINCHI'.

Accidentally I didn't know the meaning of the word VIRINCHI. So while searching for the meaning of this word I came across a stunning and stumbling fact.

Brahma has a life span of one kalpa at the end of which even he ceases to exist giving way to his successor- a new Brahma. The present kalpa is seventh in order as six kalpas have already passed.

The name of the Brahma of first Kalpa - Virinchi.
The name of the Brahma of second Kalpa - Padmabhu.
The name of the Brahma of third Kalpa - Swayambhu.
The name of the Brahma of fourth Kalpa - Parmeshthi.
The name of the Brahma of fifth Kalpa - Surajyeshtha
The name of the Brahma of sixth Kalpa - Hemagarbha.
The name of the Brahma of seventh Kalpa - Shatanand.

Till now I was in the assumption that I have a reasonable knowldege of our Puranas but the word Virinchi proved me wrong.

20 Comments:

At 3:57 AM, Blogger R.Nandakumar said...

a very auspicious beginning. hope some of shatandanda (the present kalpa's brahma)'s
'srishtivaibhavam' rubs off on it!

 
At 6:31 AM, Blogger Myna said...

I learn to understand that reading the blogs of people from different places with different tastes have a lot to offer the unlearned. Thanks for "Virinchi".

 
At 5:32 AM, Blogger Mentations said...

Wonderful. Do you have the meaning of the whole song in beautiful detail?

 
At 1:26 AM, Blogger Immaculate Bigot said...

The song as given by you is incorrect..

it should actually read

virinchinai virachinchitini ee kavanam
vipanchinai vinipinchitini ee geetam

 
At 9:33 AM, Blogger Vineela said...

Never knew that brahma too has life span. A lot of mystery and too much to know frm our puranas...

-Vineela.

 
At 9:56 PM, Blogger Krishna said...

Nice article. thanks for the info.
BTW Few people in ur blog comments asking abt the whole song meanoing, so i thought of giving it here
plz click the below link
విధాత తలపున ప్రభవించినది అనాది జీవన వేదం ఓం!

 
At 9:58 PM, Blogger Krishna said...

http://krishnabab.blogspot.com/2009/12/kavanam-means-vidhata-talapuna-meaning.html

 
At 11:29 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

woah..very thanQ 2 u...my name is Virinchi..but i know only dat it is Lord Brahma's name..but i donno d exact purana abt it..thanx a lot..!!

 
At 9:02 AM, Blogger రాజు.రవీంద్ర నాథ్ రెడ్డి said...

Hi sir, good info. But I have some corrections for the details you provided. Bramha life span is not one kalpa. 1 kalpa = 1 day for bramha, 1 kalpa sandhya (pralayam) = 1 night for bramha. like this 360 kalpas = one year for bramha, 100 years = one life span of bramha. Here is what is meant by kalpa:
1 kalpa = 14 Manvantaraalu,
1 Manvantaram = 71 Mahaa yugalu,
1 Mahaa Yugamu = 4 yugalu (Kruta, treta, dwapara and kali)
1 Mahaa yugam = 43,20,000 yrs
1 Mavantaram(71 Mahaa yugalu)= 30,67,20,000 yrs)
1 Kalpa (14 Manvantaraalu)=4,32,00,00,000 years(432 crores)
Which means 432 kotla savastaraalu = 1 pagalu for Bramha
Atuvanti 100 years is the life span of Bramha.
And you are right, next bramha will be Hanumantudu as per puranas.
I do have more info on kalpa and all you can reach me on rrnreddy@gmail.com

 
At 11:34 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

hey..my name is Virinchi..u gave the purana behind the name Virinchi..what is the actual meaning of the name?? plz provide me kindly.. i mean "vyutpathi artham"

 
At 11:35 PM, Blogger Unknown said...

hey..my name is Virinchi..u gave the purana behind the name Virinchi..what is the actual meaning of the name?? plz provide me kindly.. i mean "vyutpathi artham"

 
At 1:49 PM, Blogger J LVSairam said...

I am also in your position at this moment - surprised - surprisingly, I also started searching for "Virinchi" from the same song ..

 
At 6:05 AM, Blogger Prasad said...

Thank you for the information. I am also looking for the meaning of Virinchi. I knew who is Virinchi from your blog but what is the meaning of Virinchi? Is it a synonym of Padmasambhava? Viri is flower.

 
At 6:05 AM, Blogger Prasad said...

Thank you for the information. I am also looking for the meaning of Virinchi. I knew who is Virinchi from your blog but what is the meaning of Virinchi? Is it a synonym of Padmasambhava? Viri is flower.

 
At 12:58 AM, Blogger V said...

Hey, is Brahma also called as Rayirth? If yes, then can you please tell the scripture which mentions Rayirth as another name for lord Brahma.
Thanks

 
At 2:48 PM, Blogger mehar said...

GREAT!!!

 
At 11:16 PM, Blogger C S Sundaresha said...

"Virinchi Naaraayana Shankaraatma" I am telling this Mantra every day from my childhood!

 
At 6:17 PM, Blogger May said...

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At 6:19 PM, Blogger May said...

Can anyone tell me is Lord Brahma also called Rayirth ? Can anyone shed light on why he is called Rayirth ?

 
At 1:04 AM, Blogger Mehar said...

"Virinchi Naaraayana Shankaraatma" - sounds like Brahma Vishnu Maheshwara.

 

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