"Don" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news1.newsguy.com:
IIRC, there is a concept in Hinduism called the "Brahma Year". I first read about it in th book "Cosmos" (dunno whether the book came before the series, or visa-versa). Anyway, IIRC, (1) when the Brahma Year ends, teh Brahma awakens from his dream (which is the Universe), and then, when he goes to sleep again, a new dream/Universe begins; (2) there is supposedly some sort of correlation between the ancient concept of Brahma Year, and the age of the universe, but I can't remember what it is.
I don't know where my copy of "Cosmos" is, so I can't look it up, but it might be "googleable".