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  2. Kali Yuga - Wikipedia

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    Kali Yuga (कलियुग ), in Hinduism, is the fourth, shortest, and worst of the four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga cycle, preceded by Dvapara Yuga and followed by the next cycle's Krita (Satya) Yuga. It is believed to be the present age, which is full of conflict and sin.

  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. Hindu units of time - Wikipedia

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    Kali-yuga is followed by Satya-yuga of the next cycle, where a cycle is called a catur-yuga (pronounced chatur-yuga; a.k.a. mahā-yuga). Each yuga is divided into a main period ( a.k.a. yuga proper) and two yuga-sandhis ( a.k.a. yuga-sandhyās ; connecting periods)⁠— yuga-sandhyā (dawn) and yuga-sandhyāṃśa ( a.k.a. yuga-sandhyānśa ...

  5. 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. A manvantara (age of Manu) contains 71 maha-yugas.

  6. Hindu eschatology - Wikipedia

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    As each age progresses, the human life span decreases, starting from thousands of years in the Satya Yuga to 100 years in the current Kali Yuga. [2] Sannyasins will wear red. There will be many false religions, and many will profess false knowledge to earn their livelihood. Life will be short and miserable. Marriage will be for pleasure alone.

  7. Epic-Puranic royal genealogies - Wikipedia

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    Treta Yuga; Dvapara Yuga; Kali Yuga (a time of darkness and non-virtue) According to the Manusmriti (c. 2nd CE), [3] one of the earliest known texts describing the yugas, the length of each yuga is 4800, 3600, 2400 and 1200 years of the gods, respectively, giving a total of 12,000 divine years to complete one cycle. For human years, they are ...

  8. The Holy Science - Wikipedia

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    Equinox based eight-yuga cycle of time theorized by Sri Yukteswar. Sri Yukteswar's introduction to The Holy Science includes his explanation of the Yuga Cycle which differs from the traditional position because of his premise that the earth is now in the age of Dwapara Yuga, not the Kali Yuga that most Indian pundits believe to be the current age. [4]

  9. Kalpa (time) - Wikipedia

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    The duration of the material universe is limited. It is manifested in cycles of kalpas. A kalpa is a day of Brahmā, and one day of Brahmā consists of a thousand cycles of four yugas, or ages: Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga and Kali Yuga. ... These four yugas, rotating a thousand times, comprise one day of Brahmā, and the same number ...