Yugas:

Yugas. We are in the last or Kali Yuga.

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Kali-yuga - the present age of quarrel and hypocrisy which began five thousand years ago (see yuga).

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yuga:

yuga. Era or age. There is a cycle of four yugas: the Kritha-yuga, Thretha-yuga, Dwapara-yuga, and Kali-yuga. Present age is Kali-yuga.

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yugas

Ages in the cycle of universal history. See Krita (Satya), Treta, Dvarapa, and Kali.

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Yuga - an age of the world. Four ages are described in the Vedas: Krta or Satya, Treta, Dvapara, and Kali. The duration of each yuga is said to be respectively 1,728,000; 1,296,000; 864,000; and 432,000 years. The descending numbers represent a corresponding physical and moral deterioration of mankind in each age. The four yugas comprise an aggregate of 4,320,000 years and constitute a maha-yuga, or great yuga.

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Yugas: world-ages

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yugas:

world-ages

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Krita Yuga krta yuga (Sanskrit) (from krita well-done from the verbal root kri to do, make + yuga age)

The first of the four great yugas which constitute a mahayuga (great age). In the krita or satya yuga, virtue or intrinsic goodness is said to reign supreme. It is often called the Golden Age of mankind, lasting 1,728,000 years.

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yuga:

yuga - an age

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Dwapara Yuga. See DVAPARA YUGA

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Treta-yuga:

Treta-yuga: Second period of a mahayuga, three times as long as Kali-yuga.

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Dvapara Yuga:

Dvapara Yuga. Second great period of time.

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Treta Yuga:

Treta Yuga. Third great period of Time.

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Krita Yuga:

Krita Yuga. First great period of time.

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Maha-yuga:

Maha-yuga. "Great Age". It is composed of 4 Yugas for a total of 4,320,000 years.

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yuga-dharma

specific practice of self-realization recommended in the Vedas for a particular yuga.

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maha-yuga:

"great age". It is composed of 4 yugas for a total of 4,320,000 years.

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Dwapara-yuga:

Dwapara-yuga (Dhvaapara yuga). Third in the cycle of four ages. See yuga.

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Maha-yuga:

Maha-yuga (Mahaa-yuga). Great age, period of 12,000 yugas.

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Thretha-yuga:

Thretha-yuga (Threthaa-yuga). The second in the cycle of four eras. See yuga.

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