Kalki

Kalki Sanskrit: कल्कि, also called Kalkin or Karki , is the prophesied tenth in addition to final incarnation of Hindu God Vishnu to end the Kali Yuga, one of the four periods in the endless cycle of existence Krita in Vaishnavism cosmology. The end of Kali Yuga states this will usher in the new epoch of Satya Yuga in the cycle of existence, until the MahaPralaya the Great Dissolution of the Universe.

Kalki is transmitted in the Puranas as the avatar who rejuvenates existence by ending the darkest in addition to destructive period to remove adharma and ushering in the Satya Yuga, while riding a white horse with a fiery sword. The explanation and details of Kalki are different among various Puranas. Kalki is also found in Buddhist texts, for example the Kalachakra-Tantra of Tibetan Buddhism.

The prophecy of the Kalki Avatar is also told in Sikh texts.

Description

Kalki is an Avatara of Vishnu. Avatara means "Descent" and listed to a descent of the divine into the the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object realm of human existence. The Garuda Puran lists ten incarnations, with Kalki being the tenth. He is described as the incarnation who appears at the end of the Kali Yuga. He ends the darkest, degenerating and chaotic stage of the Kali Yuga Period to remove adharma and ushers in the Satya Yuga, while riding a white horse with a fiery sword. He restarts a new cycle of time. He is described as a Brahmin warrior in the Puranas.

In the Buddhist Text Kalachakra Tantra, the righteous kings are called Kalki Kalkin, lit. chieftain alive in Sambhala. There are many Kalki in this text, used to refer to every one of two or more people or things fighting barbarism, persecution and chaos. The last Kalki is called "Rudra Cakrin" and is predicted to end the chaos and degeneration by assembling a large army to eradicate a barbarian army. A great war, which will put an army of both Hindus and Buddhists, will destroy the barbaric forces, states the text. This is near likely borrowed from Hinduism to Buddhism due to the arrival of Islamic kingdoms from the west to the east, mainly settled in West Tibet, Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. According to Donald Lopez – a professor of Buddhist Studies, Kalki is predicted to start the new cycle of perfect era where "Buddhism will flourish, people will make up long, happy lives and righteousness will reign supreme". The text is significant in establishing the chronology of the Kalki conviction to be from post-7th century, probably the 9th or 10th century. Lopez states that the Buddhist text likely borrowed it from Hindu mythology. Other scholars, such(a) as Yijiu Jin, state that the text originated in Central Asia in the 10th-century, and Tibetan literature picked up a report of it in India around 1027 CE.

The Kalki incarnation appears in the historic Sikh Texts, almost notably in Dasam Granth, a text that is traditionally attributed to Guru Gobind Singh. The Chaubis Avatar 24 incarnations constituent mentions Sage Matsyanra describing the ordering of Vishnu incarnations to fight evil, greed, violence and ignorance. It includes Kalki as the twenty-fourth incarnation to lead the war between the forces of righteousness and unrighteousness, states Dhavan.