English Explanatory Dictionary

yuga

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In Hindu theology, a period of a few hundred or thousand years, or an epoch or era within a cycle of four ages, catur-yuga catur-yuga: the Satya Yuga (or Krita Yuga), the Dvapara Yuga, the Treta Yuga and finally the Kali Yuga, with lengths ranging from 432,000 to 1,728,000 years.

Word forms

yuga yugas yug

Etymology

From Sanskrit युग (yuga). Doublet of yoke.

Related words

kalpa day of Brahma life cycle of Brahma

Derived words

Dvapara Yuga Kali Yuga Krita Yuga mahayuga Satya Yuga Treta Yuga
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