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

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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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