yuga

English

Alternative forms

• yug (archaic)
• Yuga

Etymology

From Sanskrit युग (yuga). Doublet of yoke.

Noun

yuga (plural yugas)

1. (Hinduism) In Hindu theology, a period of a few hundred or thousand years, or an epoch or era within a cycle of four ages: the Satya Yuga (or Krita Yuga), the Dvapara Yuga, the Treta Yuga and finally the Kali Yuga, with lengths ranging from 432,000 to 1,728,000 years.
   • 1991, Deborah A. Soifer, The Myths of Narasimha and Vamana: Two Avatars in Cosmological Perspective, page 147:

     To Biardeau the linear nature of the declining dharma and the cyclical nature of the yugas make an unhappy marriage, and she ultimately rejects the idea of a true correspondence or rapport between the appearance of Vișņu as avatāra and the yuga cycle.

   • 1998, Sean M. O'Shea, Meryl A. Walker, The Millennium Myth: The Ever-Ending Story, page 39:

     There is, you will note, a pattern of decreased duration in the yugas. Moving from the Krta Yuga, the yuga closest to primordial perfection, each progressive yuga grows shorter and shorter, as chaos and decrepitude increase in prominence.

   • 2005, Stephen Knapp, The Heart of Hinduism: The Eastern Path to Freedom, Empowerment and Illumination, pages 386, 489:

     To explain further, there are four ages or millenniums called yugas. The duration of Satya-yuga is 1,728,000 years. The duration of Treta-yuga is 1,296,000 years. The duration of Dvapara-yuga is 864,000 years. The duration of Kali-yuga, the present age, is 432,000 years, and began around 5,000 years ago. These four yugas make one cycle, and one thousand cycles equal one day of Brahma, after which there is a partial annihilation of the universe during Brahma's night. Lord Brahma lives for 100 years, 360 days in each year.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Dvapara Yuga
• Kali Yuga
• Krita Yuga
• mahayuga
• Satya Yuga
• Treta Yuga

Translations

Hindu epoch or era

• Hindi: युग (hi) m (yug)
• Javanese: ꦪꦸꦒ (yuga)
• Macedonian: југа f (juga)
• Sanskrit: युग (sa) m (yuga)
• Telugu: యుగము (te) (yugamu)

See also

• kalpa
• day of Brahma
• life cycle of Brahma

Anagrams

• Guay

Gamilaraay

In Gamilaraay, yuga means cry or tear

Etymology

From yu-gi (“cry”) + gali.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juɡa/

Noun

yuga

1. tear

References

• (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement

Japanese

Romanization

yuga

1. Rōmaji transcription of ゆが

Javanese

Romanization

yuga

1. Romanization of ꦪꦸꦒ

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ju.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɡa
• Hyphenation: yu‧ga

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit युग (yuga, “brace; pair, couple, team; generation; a period or astronomical cycle; an age of the world”, literally “yoke”).

Noun

yuga

1. age, era.
   1. (Hinduism) yuga: In Hindu theology, a period of a few hundred or thousand years, or an epoch or era within a cycle of four ages: the Satya Yuga (or Krita Yuga), the Dvapara Yuga, the Treta Yuga and finally the Kali Yuga, with lengths ranging from 432,000 to 1,728,000 years.
2. yoke
3. couple, pair, set
4. child

Derived terms

• ayuga

 

• yugakāla
• yugakṣaṇa
• yugala
• yugapat
• yugaswabhāwa
• yugānta
• yugāntakāla

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦪꦸꦒ (yuga) (inherited)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit योग (yoga, “yoking, union”).

Noun

yuga

1. yoga: any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind.

Derived terms

• ayuga
• makayuga
• mayuga
• yinuga

 

Further reading

• "yuga" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀬𑀼𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• युग (Devanagari script)
• যুগ (Bengali script)
• යුග (Sinhalese script)
• ယုဂ or ယုၷ (Burmese script)
• ยุค or ยุคะ (Thai script)
• ᨿᩩᨣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຍຸຄ or ຍຸຄະ or ຢຸຄະ (Lao script)
• យុគ (Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄪𑄉 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Cognate with Sanskrit युग (yuga), which see for further connections

Noun

yuga n

1. pair, couple
2. generation (period of time)
3. age of the world
4. yoke of a plough or carriage

Declension

Declension table of "yuga" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	yugaṃ	yugāni
Accusative (second)	yugaṃ	yugāni
Instrumental (third)	yugena	yugehi or yugebhi
Dative (fourth)	yugassa or yugāya or yugatthaṃ	yugānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	yugasmā or yugamhā or yugā	yugehi or yugebhi
Genitive (sixth)	yugassa	yugānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	yugasmiṃ or yugamhi or yuge	yugesu
Vocative (calling)	yuga	yugāni

Noun

yuga m

1. yoke of a plough or carriage

Declension

Declension table of "yuga" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	yugo	yugā
Accusative (second)	yugaṃ	yuge
Instrumental (third)	yugena	yugehi or yugebhi
Dative (fourth)	yugassa or yugāya or yugatthaṃ	yugānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	yugasmā or yugamhā or yugā	yugehi or yugebhi
Genitive (sixth)	yugassa	yugānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	yugasmiṃ or yugamhi or yuge	yugesu
Vocative (calling)	yuga	yugā

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “yuga”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli Language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875.