Hindu cosmic time frames Untouchables gaining power as chaos and ruin

Evidence

Brahminic Hinduism believes in cosmic time that has neither beginning nor end, and alternates between cycles of creation and cessation. Each Mahayuga consists of four yuga—Krta or Satya Yuga (the golden age), followed by Treta, Dwapara and Kali. Each era, shorter than the previous one, is said to be more degenerate and depraved than the preceding one. In Kali Yuga, there is disregard for varnashrama dharma—the Shudras and Untouchables wrest power—and chaos reigns, leading to complete destruction. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 589

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• DEFINE: Explains the yuga cosmology that undergirds the varnashrama-dharma defense of caste — the ideology Ambedkar attacks throughout the book.

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• Hindu cosmology frames caste order breakdown and Shudra power gains as cosmic degeneracy. (similarity 0.93)
• Hinduism’s pervasiveness makes renouncing caste seem impracticable to many (similarity 0.78)
• Ambedkar’s caste order of Chaturvarna still governs modern India (similarity 0.78)