Kali Yuga

[ kuhl-ee yoog-uh ]

noun

, Hinduism.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kali Yuga¹

From Sanskrit

Example Sentences

He has described political correctness and liberalism as harbingers of the Kali Yuga, and glowingly referred to the Eurasian order as “the spiritual order that penetrates all levels of reality, both subtle and coarse, soulful and corporeal, social and natural.”

From Washington Post

Dark metal bands and American right-wing radio stations also roar about the Kali Yuga, the Dark Age of Hindu mythology, which Savitri Devi believed that Hitler was once destined to bring to an end.

From BBC

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

“The Age of Quarrel” appeared in 1986, with a title derived, as many listeners probably didn’t know, from the Sanskrit term kali yuga, which refers to a time of strife said to have begun about five thousand years ago.

From The New Yorker

Wait for it you did, hormone-charged fans of Nick Hawley, and in the hour dubbed “Kali Yuga” you got what you so desperately wanted: a naked-from-the-waist-up Matt Barr.

From Los Angeles Times