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[edit]FromSanskritयुग(yuga).Doubletofyoke.
Noun
[edit]yuga(pluralyugas)
- (Hinduism)InHindutheology, a period of a few hundred or thousand years, or anepochorerawithin a cycle of four ages: theSatya Yuga(orKrita Yuga), theDvapara Yuga,theTreta Yugaand finally theKali Yuga,with lengths ranging from 432,000 to 1,728,000 years.
- 1991,Deborah A. Soifer,The Myths of Narasimha and Vamana: Two Avatars in Cosmological Perspective,page147:
- To Biardeau the linear nature of the declining dharma and the cyclical nature of theyugasmake an unhappy marriage, and she ultimately rejects the idea of a true correspondence or rapport between the appearance of Vișņu as avatāra and theyugacycle.
- 1998,Sean M. O'Shea, Meryl A. Walker,The Millennium Myth: The Ever-Ending Story,page39:
- There is, you will note, a pattern of decreased duration in theyugas.Moving from the KrtaYuga,theyugaclosest to primordial perfection, each progressiveyugagrows shorter and shorter, as chaos and decrepitude increase in prominence.
- 2005,Stephen Knapp,The Heart of Hinduism: The Eastern Path to Freedom, Empowerment and Illumination,pages386, 489:
- To explain further, there are four ages or millenniums calledyugas.The duration of Satya-yugais 1,728,000 years. The duration of Treta-yugais 1,296,000 years. The duration of Dvapara-yugais 864,000 years. The duration of Kali-yuga,the present age, is 432,000 years, and began around 5,000 years ago. These fouryugasmake one cycle, and one thousand cycles equal one day of Brahma, after which there is a partial annihilation of the universe during Brahma's night. Lord Brahma lives for 100 years, 360 days in each year.
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[edit]Hindu epoch or era
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References
[edit]- (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement
Japanese
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Javanese
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- Romanization ofꦪꦸꦒ
Old Javanese
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]BorrowedfromSanskritयुग(yuga,“brace; pair, couple, team; generation; a period or astronomical cycle; an age of the world”,literally“yoke”).
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[edit]BorrowedfromSanskritयोग(yoga,“yoking, union”).
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- yoga:any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system of exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind.
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[edit]- “yuga”inJavanese-Indonesian Dictionary[Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia],Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.
Pali
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Etymology
[edit]Cognate withSanskritयुग(yuga),which see for further connections
Noun
[edit]yugan
Declension
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Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | yugaṃ | yugāni |
Accusative (second) | yugaṃ | yugāni |
Instrumental (third) | yugena | yugehioryugebhi |
Dative (fourth) | yugassaoryugāyaoryugatthaṃ | yugānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | yugasmāoryugamhāoryugā | yugehioryugebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | yugassa | yugānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | yugasmiṃoryugamhioryuge | yugesu |
Vocative (calling) | yuga | yugāni |
Noun
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- yokeof a plough or carriage
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "yuga" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | yugo | yugā |
Accusative (second) | yugaṃ | yuge |
Instrumental (third) | yugena | yugehioryugebhi |
Dative (fourth) | yugassaoryugāyaoryugatthaṃ | yugānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | yugasmāoryugamhāoryugā | yugehioryugebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | yugassa | yugānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | yugasmiṃoryugamhioryuge | yugesu |
Vocative (calling) | yuga | yugā |
References
[edit]- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “yuga”,inPali-English Dictionary,London: Chipstead
- Childers, Robert Caesar,Dictionary of the Päli Language,London: Trübner & Company, 1875.
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