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Kali Yuga, 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.
The term is a combination of chiram, or 'permanent', and jīvi, or 'lived'.It is similar to amaratva, which refers to true immortality.At the end of the last manvantara (age of Manu), an asura named Hayagriva attempted to become immortal by swallowing the sacred pages of the Vedas, as they escaped from the mouth of Brahma.
The title refers to Kali Yuga, this term originating from the Sanskrit language can be translated into the "Age of Quarrel", "Age of Deception", or "Age of Illusion". Kali Yuga is the fourth age (and current) of the world in the Sanatan Dharma or Hindu tradition, characterized by general degradation, spiritual degeneration, and illusion.
The Bhagavata Purana [3.11.18-20] (c. 500-1000 CE) gives a matching description of the yuga lengths in divine years. The Kali Yuga is the present yuga. According to Puranic sources, Krishna's departure marks the end of Dvapara Yuga and the start of Kali Yuga, [note 2] which is dated to 17/18 February 3102 BCE, [17] [18] twenty years after the ...
Kalki (Sanskrit: कल्कि), also called Kalkin, [1] is the prophesied tenth and final incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu.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).
Kalyug, Kaliyug, Kali Yuga or Kaliyugam may refer to: Kali Yuga, is the "Age of Downfall" in Hinduism, the fourth stage of the world development that we are currently in; Kaliyugam, 1952 Indian film; Kali Yug: Goddess of Vengeance, a 1963 Italian film; Kaliyugam, 1973 Indian Malayalam-language film; Kalyug, a 1981 Indian Hindi-language crime film
Kali Yuga, the seventh Yuga begins when the evil spirit called Kali (not to be confused with the mother goddess Kali) was born. Kali is believed to be cognate with the modern human beings . Then was born the Neesan, the demon for the Kali Yuga.
- Kali Yuga: 4368–4369: Holocene calendar: 11268: Igbo calendar: 268–269: Iranian calendar: 646–647: Islamic calendar: 666–667: Japanese calendar: Bun'ei 5 (文永5年) Javanese calendar: 1178–1179: Julian calendar: 1268 MCCLXVIII: Korean calendar: 3601: Minguo calendar: 644 before ROC 民前644年: Nanakshahi calendar: −200: Thai ...