Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of the four ages constituting a cycle of history.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Yuga, past the mouth of Grizzly River, not far from the great, north-flowing stream of which the Yuga was a tributary, lay an Indian village -- and if only she could reach it she might enlist the aid of the natives and make a safe return, by a long, roundabout route, to her father's arms.
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During the Vedic period "Yuga" usually signified a "generation", and there are no certain references to the four Ages as such.
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David Chandler, drawing on the research of Eleanor Moron, points out that the spatial dimensions of Angkor Wat parallels the lengths of the four ages (Yuga) of classical Hindu thought.
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Doubtful: I attribute the strange goings-on in general to the Kali Yuga, and the cannibalism in particular to our ferocious appetite here in the West.
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Among the new models are the 110-cubic-centimeter bike Dream Yuga and the CBR150 motorcycle, both of which will be sold this year.
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I think we are in the Kali Yuga and these teabag morons are part of the punishment
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Kali Yuga: Kul-lee The fourth age, or Iron Age, in the Yuga cycle, which has a duration of 432,000 Earth years.
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