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Kaliyuga

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/ ˌkɑːlɪˈjuːɡə /

noun

  1. (in Hindu mythology) the fourth (present) age of the world, characterized by total decadence

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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We are, according to the ancient Vedic text, some 5,000, years into Kaliyuga, the final, corrupt age.

From Time Magazine Archive

Same as Calif. Kaliyuga, kal-i-yōō′ga, n. in Hindu mythology, the present age of the world, the fourth, characterised by universal degeneracy.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

The Kaliyuga is a new world, just as much as Teutonic Christendom, but no more.

From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

The Kaliyuga era is the principal astronomical reckoning of the Hindus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

And, for the same reason, this reckoning has often been called the Kaliyuga era of 3101 B.C.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

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