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'''Yuga''' (युग) is a [[Sanskrit]] word meaning 'epoch' or 'era' used in [[Hinduism|Hindu philosophy]] to refer to a cycle of four ages called Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga, and Kali Yuga. The total of the said four Yugas is called Maha Yuga. | '''Yuga''' (युग) is a [[Sanskrit]] word meaning 'epoch' or 'era' used in [[Hinduism|Hindu philosophy]] to refer to a cycle of four ages called Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga, and Kali Yuga. The total of the said four Yugas is called Maha Yuga. | ||
[[H. P. Blavatsky]] said that "the exoteric figures accepted throughout India . . . dovetail pretty nearly with those of the Secret works"<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 69-70</ref> so she gives the duration of the yugas as | [[H. P. Blavatsky]] said that "the exoteric figures accepted throughout India . . . dovetail pretty nearly with those of the Secret works"<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Secret Doctrine'' vol. II, (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 69-70</ref> so she gives the duration of the yugas as rendered in the Hindu books: | ||
Krita Yuga: 1,728,000 years | Krita Yuga: 1,728,000 years | ||
Revision as of 21:43, 23 March 2012
Yuga (युग) is a Sanskrit word meaning 'epoch' or 'era' used in Hindu philosophy to refer to a cycle of four ages called Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga, and Kali Yuga. The total of the said four Yugas is called Maha Yuga.
H. P. Blavatsky said that "the exoteric figures accepted throughout India . . . dovetail pretty nearly with those of the Secret works"[1] so she gives the duration of the yugas as rendered in the Hindu books:
Krita Yuga: 1,728,000 years
Treta Yuga: 1,296,000 years
Dwapara Yuga: 864,000 years
Kali Yuga: 432,000 years
Maha Yuga: 4,320,000 years
Notes
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Secret Doctrine vol. II, (Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 69-70