yuga

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Synonyme

epoch

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Sanskrit युग (yuga). Doublet of yoke.