yuga

English

Alternative forms

• yug(archaic)
• Yuga

Etymology

FromSanskritयुग(yuga).Doubletofyoke.

Noun

yuga(pluralyugas)

1. (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.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Dvapara Yuga
• Kali Yuga
• Krita Yuga
• mahayuga
• Satya Yuga
• Treta Yuga

Translations

Hindu epoch or era

• Hindi:युग(hi)m(yug)
• Javanese:ꦪꦸꦒ(yuga)
• Macedonian:југаf(juga)
• Sanskrit:युग(sa)m(yuga)
• Telugu:యుగము(te)(yugamu)

See also

• kalpa
• day of Brahma
• life cycle of Brahma

Anagrams

• Guay

Gamilaraay

In Gamilaraay, yuga means cry or tear

Etymology

Fromyu-gi(“cry”)+gali.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/juɡa/

Noun

yuga

1. tear

References

• (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement

Japanese

Romanization

yuga

1. Rōmajitranscription ofゆが

Javanese

Romanization

yuga

1. Romanization ofꦪꦸꦒ

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ju.ɡa/
• Rhymes:-ɡa
• Hyphenation:yu‧ga

Etymology 1

BorrowedfromSanskritयुग(yuga,“brace; pair, couple, team; generation; a period or astronomical cycle; an age of the world”,literally“yoke”).

Noun

yuga

1. age,era.
   1. (Hinduism)yuga: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.
2. yoke
3. couple,pair,set
4. child

Derived terms

• ayuga

• yugakāla
• yugakṣaṇa
• yugala
• yugapat
• yugaswabhāwa
• yugānta
• yugāntakāla

Descendants

• >Javanese:ꦪꦸꦒ(yuga)(inherited)

Etymology 2

BorrowedfromSanskritयोग(yoga,“yoking, union”).

Noun

yuga

1. 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.

Derived terms

• ayuga
• makayuga
• mayuga
• yinuga

Further reading

• “yuga”inJavanese-Indonesian Dictionary[Kamus Bahasa Jawa-Indonesia],Yogyakarta, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta Special [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta], 2023.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀬𑀼𑀕(Brahmi script)
• युग(Devanagari script)
• যুগ(Bengali script)
• යුග(Sinhalese script)
• ယုဂorယုၷ(Burmese script)
• ยุคorยุคะ(Thai script)
• ᨿᩩᨣ(Tai Tham script)
• ຍຸຄorຍຸຄະorຢຸຄະ(Lao script)
• យុគ(Khmer script)
• 𑄠𑄪𑄉(Chakma script)

Etymology

Cognate withSanskritयुग(yuga),which see for further connections

Noun

yugan

1. pair,couple
2. generation(period of time)
3. ageof theworld
4. yokeof a plough or carriage

Declension

Declension table of "yuga" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
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

yugam

1. yokeof a plough or carriage

Declension

Declension table of "yuga" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
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

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “yuga”,inPali-English Dictionary‎,London: Chipstead
• Childers, Robert Caesar,Dictionary of the Päli Language,London: Trübner & Company, 1875.