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Kali Yuga

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[kuhl-ee yoog-uh] / ˌkʌl i ˈyʊg ə /

noun

Hinduism.

  1. the fourth and present age of the world, full of conflict and sin.

Etymology

Origin of Kali Yuga

From Sanskrit

Example Sentences

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Brook believes that for humanity today the wheel is approaching Kali Yuga, the dark and chaotic phase described in Sanskrit scriptures.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2017

She also speaks of him as "that one future Adept who has now the prospect of becoming one day a Mahatma, Kali Yuga notwithstanding."

From H. P. Blavatsky A Great Betrayal by Cleather, Alice Leighton

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