yugas and colours

[Luis Gonzalez-Reimann]

The colors in 3.148, mentioned by Harunaga, are:

Krta: white
Treta: red
Dvapara: yellow
Kali: black

But there is a different version in Mbh 3.187.31:

Krta: white
Treta: yellow
Dvapara: red
Kali: black

Where the colors for Treta and Dvapara are reversed.

I discuss this in my book /The Mahabharata and the Yugas/ (pp. 103, 
114-116).

Luis González-Reimann
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on 10/31/2009 12:29 PM Harunaga Isaacson wrote:
> And it is in the MBh, not only in passages excluded from the critical 
> edition (such as that which DG
> quoted), but also in 3.148 ("sukla in vs. 16, rakta in 23, piita in 
> 26, and k.r.s.na in 33).
>
> Harunaga Isaacson
>
>
> Peter Bisschop wrote:
>> It is found in the Vi.s.nudharma (edition R. Gruenendahl):
>> 104.27 ("sukla), 104.35 (rakta), 104.38 (piita), 104.45 (k.r.s.na)
>>
>> Peter Bisschop
>>
>> Quoting Dominic Goodall <dominic.goodall at GMAIL.COM>:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> Can anybody tell me whether the notion that Vi.s.nu changes colour in
>>> each yuga predates the Bhaagavatapuraa.na?
>>>
>>> BhP_10.08.013/1 aasan var.naas trayo hy asya g.rh.nato 'nuyuga.m 
>>> tanuu.h
>>> BhP_10.08.013/3 "suklo raktas tathaa piita idaanii.m k.r.s.nataa.m 
>>> gata.h
>>>
>>> I find it in a few passages excluded from the critical text of the
>>> Mahaabhaarata, e.g.
>>>
>>> 13*0002_01 ya.h "svetatvam upaagata.h k.rtayuge tretaayuge raktataa.m
>>> 13*0002_02 yugme ya.h kapila.h kalau sa bhagavaan k.r.s.natvam 
>>> abhyaagata.h
>>>
>>> Does anybody know of any demonstrably early references?
>>>
>>> Dominic Goodall
>>
>>
>>
>
>