Dvapara Yuga

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[dvah-per-uh yoog-uh] / ˈdvɑ pər ə ˈyʊg ə /

noun

Hinduism.

1. the third of the Yugas, not as good as the Treta Yuga but better than the Kali Yuga.

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Etymology

Origin of Dvapara Yuga

< Sanskrit, equivalent to dvāpara third best ( dvā two + para ahead) + yuga era (literally, yoke ¹ )

Example Sentences

We find the great reign of R�ma lasting ten thousand years in the Dvapara Yuga, the Yuga at the close of which Shr� Kṛiṣhṇa came.

From Avatâras Four lectures delivered at the twenty-fourth anniversary meeting of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras, December, 1899 by Besant, Annie Wood