Yuga

[ yoog-uh ]

noun

, Hinduism.

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.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Yuga¹

Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1775–85

Word History and Origins

Origin of Yuga¹

C18: from Sanskrit: yoke, race of men, era; see yoke

Example Sentences

And a universal sorrow filled the air and answering sky, As when ends the mortal's Yuga and the end of world is nigh!

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And rising into the sky, it seemed like a second sun of exceeding effulgence at the end of the Yuga.

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Although even the gods and demons have been destroyed at the eventide of the last Yuga, Markandeya survives.

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Yes, it was true that the shortest way to go to the Yuga River was to follow up the creek by which he was now standing.

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Ben was glad he had not obeyed his impulse to tell the girl of his true reason for coming to the Yuga.

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