krita yuga:

First great period of time.

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Sathya-yuga:

Sathya-yuga. Age of truth; first of the four yugas.

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Yuga:

Yuga. "Age". "Aeon". There are said to be 4 (Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali)

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KALI YUGA

1/1000 of Kalpa. This age in which we are living is the Kali Yuga, or "Dark Age," and lasts 432,000 years, having begun in 3102 B.C. It is well known, however, that the ancient Indic method of counting years was highly arbitrary from our point of view. Obviously, we have come down to the final days of the Kali Yuga -- 3102 B.C. is the mirror of 2013 A.D., the Mayan end of time.

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Satya Yuga (Sanskrit). The golden age, or the age of truth and purity; the first of the four Yugas, also called Krita Yuga.

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Krita-Yuga (Sanskrit). The first of the four Yugas or Ages of the Brahmans; also called Satya-Yuga, a period lasting 1,728,000 years.

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SATYA-YUGA: the Age of Truth, the first of the four Hindu time-cycles.

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Yuga:

Yuga: Ages in the life of a universe, occurring in a repeated cycle of four. Era or age. There is a cycle of four yugas: Satya (Kritha), Treta, Dvapara and Kali. Together, the four yugas comprise 4.320.000 years. The present age is the Kali-yuga. (BV-30) "Period, age." One of four ages which chart the duration of the world according to Hindu thought. They are: Satya (or Kritha), Treta, Dvapara and Kali. In the first period, dharma reigns supreme, but as the ages revolve, virtue diminishes and ignorance and injustice increases. At the end of the Kali Yuga, which we are in now, the cycle begins again with a new Satya Yuga. It is said in the Mahabharata that during the Satya Yuga all are brahmins, and the color of this yuga is white. In the Treta Yuga, righteousness decreases by one-fourth and men seek reward for their rites and gifts; the color is red and the consciousness of the kshatriya, sovereignty, prevails. In the Dvapara Yuga, the four varnas come fully into existence. The color is yellow. In the Kali Yuga, the color is black. Righteousness is one-tenth that of the Satya Yuga. True worship and sacrifice cease, and base, or shudra, consciousness is prominent. Calamities, disease, fatigue and faults such as anger and fear prevail. People decline and their motives grow weak.

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kali-yuga:

kali-yuga - the current, pleasure-loving age

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Kritha-yuga:

Kritha-yuga. First age of man, Golden age of truth. See yuga.

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Kali-yuga:

Kali-yuga: the dark age of spiritual and moral decline, said to be current now; kali does not refer to the Goddess Kali but to the losing throw of a die

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Treta Yuga (Sanskrit). The second age of the world, a period of 1,296,000 years.

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Satya-Yuga:

Satya-Yuga: the age of truth, the first of the  four Hindu time-cycles.

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Yuga-avatar:

Yuga-avatar (-avathaar). An incarnation of God come to close one era and inaugurate another.

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Maha Yuga (Sanskrit). The aggregate of four Yugas or ages, of 4,320,000 solar years; a "Day of Brahma", in the Brahmanical system ; lit., "the great age".

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Kali Yuga: dark or iron age

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kali yuga:

dark or iron age

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Dwapara Yuga (Sanskrit). The third of the "Four Ages" in Hindu Philosophy ;

or the second age counted from below.

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Kali-yuga:

Kali-yuga. Fourth in the cycle of four eras, our present age, the dark, evil age; characterized by discord and wrong action. See yuga.

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Satya-yuga

The first of four repeating ages that form the basic cycles of universal time. During its 1,728,000 years, purity and spiritual competence are prominent.

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Treta Yuga (Sanskrit) [from treta triad, triple + yuga age]

The second of the four great yugas which constitute a mahayuga (great age). It is said that during this age three parts of truth prevail; its duration is 1,296,000 years.

In the Mahabharata Hanuman, the learned monkey chief, gives a description of the treta yuga: "In the Treta Yuga sacrifice commenced, righteousness decreased by one-fourth; men adhered to truth, and were devoted to a righteousness dependent on ceremonies. Sacrifices prevailed with holy acts and a variety of rites. Men acted with an object in view, seeking after reward for their rites and their gifts, and were no longer disposed to austerities and to liberality from a simple feeling of duty" (abridgment by Muir 1:144).

See also SATYA YUGA

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