Kaliyuga
Britishnoun
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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
The Kaliyuga is 1354 B. C., or 1400 if you like, but not a day older.
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
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
As Kaliyuga commenced with Friday, the period of time above defined closed with Tuesday, as according to Suryasiddhanta a weekday is counted from midnight to midnight.
From Five Years of Theosophy 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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