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Satya Yuga (a.k.a. Krita Yuga) (IAST: Kṛta-yuga), in Hinduism, is the first and best of the four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga Cycle, preceded by Kali Yuga of the previous cycle and followed by Treta Yuga. [1] [2] Satya Yuga lasts for 1,728,000 years (4,800 divine years). [3] [4] [5] Satya Yuga is known as the age of truth, when humanity is ...
A Yuga Cycle has several names.. Age or Yuga (Sanskrit: युग, lit. 'an age of the gods'): [citation needed] "Age" and "Yuga", sometimes with reverential capitalization, commonly denote a "catur-yuga", a cycle of four world ages, unless expressly limited by the name of one of its minor ages (e.g. Kali Yuga).
The Sangha of the Tathagata's disciples (Ariya Sangha) can be described as including four or eight kinds of individuals. There are four [groups of noble disciples] when path and fruit are taken as pairs, and eight groups of individuals, when each path and fruit are taken separately: (1) the path to stream-entry; (2) the fruition of stream-entry;
Preceding the first and following each manvantara is a manvantara-sandhya (connection period), each with a length of Krita-yuga (a.k.a. Satya-yuga). [29] [30] Hindu texts specify that the start and end of each of the yugas are marked by astronomical alignments. This cycle's Treta-yuga began with 5 planets residing in the "Aries" constellation.
According to the Hindu belief, the events of the Ramayana took place in the Treta Yuga. Treta Yuga (IAST: Tretā-yuga), in Hinduism, is the second and second-best of the four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga Cycle, preceded by Krita (Satya) Yuga and followed by Dvapara Yuga. [1] [2] Treta Yuga lasts for 1,296,000 years (3,600 divine years). [3] [4] [5]
A yuga, in Hinduism, is generally used to indicate an age of time. [1] [2] In the Rigveda, a yuga refers to generations, a period of time (whether long or short), or a yoke (joining of two things). [3] In the Mahabharata, the words yuga and kalpa (a day of Brahma) are used interchangeably to describe the cycle of creation and destruction. [4]
According to Vaishnava cosmology, Kalki is destined to appear at the end of the Kali Yuga, the last of the four ages in the cycle of existence (Krita). His arrival will mark the end of the Kali Yuga and herald the beginning of the Satya Yuga, the most virtuous age, before the ultimate dissolution of the universe (Mahapralaya). [1] [2]
The Bhagavata Purana states that whatever merit was accrued from the meditation of Vishnu in the Satya Yuga, performing sacrifices in the Treta Yuga, worship in the temple in the Dvapara Yuga, would be achieved by chanting the name of Krishna in the present age of the Kali Yuga.