Daitya

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Daitya is the name the Theosophical writers give to the southern of the two great islands left after Atlantis broke apart.

Daitya, the smaller and more southerly of the islands, has almost entirely disappeared, while of Ruta there only remains the relatively small island of Poseidonis.

sets out the sequence: after about 200,000 years ago Atlantis splits into Ruta and Daitya, and by 75,000 years ago Daitya is almost gone.

On William Scott-Elliot Atlantis and Maps of Atlantis I follow how Scott-Elliot's maps place Ruta and Daitya, and Ruta: The Northern Island of Atlantis follows the larger of the two.

Powell: explosions of gas, floods and earthquakes destroyed Ruta and Daitya, leaving only Poseidonis, in the catastrophe of 75,025 B.C.

On The Solar System - Atlantis Powell's third map splits the land into northern Ruta and southern Daitya.

For every page I tagged with Daitya, see the Daitya tag archive.

The two islands into which Atlantis was now split were known by the names of Ruta and Daitya.

Daitya, the smaller and more southerly of the islands, has almost entirely disappeared, while of Ruta there only remains the relatively small island of Poseidonis.

Map III (post-200,000 years ago catastrophe): Split into northern Ruta and southern Daitya; Europe, Egypt, and Scandinavia altered.

Ruta & daitya: 200,000 to 80,000 years ago

Ruta and Daitya were the great islands left after the cataclysm of 200,000 B.C.

Explosions of gas, floods and earthquakes destroyed Ruta and Daitya, and only Poseidonis remained.

Explosions of gas, floods and earthquakes destroyed Ruta and Daitya, and only Poseidonis remained.

Ruta and Daitya appear around 200,000 years ago.

Ruta and Daitya around 200,000 years ago.

Map 3 (after 200,000 years ago): Atlantis splits into Ruta and Daitya.

Map 4 (75,000 years ago): Daitya almost gone.

The two islands into which Atlantis was now split were known by the names of Ruta and Daitya.

Daitya, the smaller and more southerly of the islands, has almost entirely disappeared, while of Ruta there only remains the relatively small island of Poseidonis.

200,000 B.C.: Second great catastrophe leads to the fragmentation of Atlantis into the islands of Kuta and Daitya.

The Maker, Ahura Mazda, called together a meeting of the celestial Yazatas in the Airyana Vaejo of high renown, by the Vanguhi Daitya.

The fair Yima, the good shepherd, called together a meeting of the best of the mortals, in the Airyana Vaejo of high renown, by the Vanguhi Daitya.

To that meeting came Ahura Mazda, in the Airyana Vaejo of high renown, by the Vanguhi Daitya; he came together with the celestial Yazatas.

To that meeting came the fair Yima, the good shepherd, in the Airyana Vaejo of high renown, by the Vanguhi Daitya; he came together with the best of the mortals.

C., which left as remnants of the great continent which had joined Europe and Africa to America the huge islands of Ruta and Daitya.

3rd cycle (Ruta & Daitya) ended around 80,000 years ago