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  2. Hindu units of time - Wikipedia

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    Hindu units of time are described in Hindu texts ranging from microseconds to trillions of years, including cycles of cosmic time that repeat general events in Hindu cosmology. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Time ( kāla ) is described as eternal. [ 3 ]

  3. Yuga cycle - Wikipedia

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    A Yuga Cycle (a.k.a. chatur yuga, maha yuga, etc.) is a cyclic age in Hindu cosmology. Each cycle lasts for 4,320,000 years (12,000 divine years [ a ] ) and repeats four yugas (world ages): Krita (Satya) Yuga , Treta Yuga , Dvapara Yuga , and Kali Yuga .

  4. Yuga - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Hindu eschatology - Wikipedia

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    Hindu eschatology is linked to the figure of Kalki, or the tenth and last avatar of Vishnu before the age draws to a close, and Harihara simultaneously dissolves and regenerates the universe. The current period is believed by Hindus to be the Kali Yuga , the last of four Yuga that make up the current age.

  6. Wheel of time - Wikipedia

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    In Hindu cosmology, kala (time) is eternal, repeating general events in four types of cycles. The smallest cycle is a maha-yuga (great age), containing four yugas ( dharmic ages): Satya Yuga , Treta Yuga , Dvapara Yuga and Kali Yuga .

  7. Kalpa (time) - Wikipedia

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    In Hinduism, a kalpa is equal to 4.32 billion years, a "day of Brahma" (12-hour day proper) or one thousand mahayugas, [4] measuring the duration of the world. Each kalpa is divided into 14 manvantara periods, each lasting 71 Yuga Cycles (306,720,000 years).

  8. Epic-Puranic royal genealogies - Wikipedia

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    The Itihasa-Purana, the Epic-Puranic narratives of the Sanskrit Epics (Mahabharata and the Ramayana) [1] and the Puranas, [1] contain royal genealogies of the lunar dynasty and solar dynasty which are regarded by Indian traditions as historic events, and used in the Epic-Puranic chronology to establish a traditional timeline of Indian history.

  9. Hindu cosmology - Wikipedia

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    Hindu cosmology is the description of the universe and its states of matter, cycles within time, physical structure, and effects on living entities according to Hindu texts. Hindu cosmology is also intertwined with the idea of a creator who allows the world to exist and take shape.