Yuga

[ yoog-uh ]

nounHinduism.
  1. an age of time.

  2. any of four ages, the Satya, the Treta, the Dvapara, and the Kali, each worse than the last, forming a cycle due to begin again when the Kali has come to an end.

Origin of Yuga

1
Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1775–85

Words Nearby Yuga

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How to use Yuga in a sentence

  • And a universal sorrow filled the air and answering sky, As when ends the mortal's Yuga and the end of world is nigh!

    Maha-bharata | Anonymous
  • And rising into the sky, it seemed like a second sun of exceeding effulgence at the end of the Yuga.

  • Although even the gods and demons have been destroyed at the eventide of the last Yuga, Markandeya survives.

    Indian Myth and Legend | Donald Alexander Mackenzie
  • Yes, it was true that the shortest way to go to the Yuga River was to follow up the creek by which he was now standing.

    The Sky Line of Spruce | Edison Marshall
  • Ben was glad he had not obeyed his impulse to tell the girl of his true reason for coming to the Yuga.

    The Sky Line of Spruce | Edison Marshall

British Dictionary definitions for Yuga

Yuga

/ (ˈjʊɡə) /


noun
  1. (in Hindu cosmology) one of the four ages of mankind, together lasting over 4 million years and marked by a progressive decline in the vitality and morals of men

Origin of Yuga

1
C18: from Sanskrit: yoke, race of men, era; see yoke

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