Four Ages: 1 definition
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Four Ages means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgrahaFour Ages:—A technical term in Buddhism corresponding to the Sanskrit yuga defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 88):
- The accomplished age (kṛta-yuga),
- The threefold-life age (tretā-yuga),
- The twofold age (dvāpara-yuga),
- The dark age (kali-yuga).
The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., ‘four ages’). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text (+23): Yuga, Caturyuga, Kritayuga, Anuyugam, Kaliyuga, Mahayuga, Krita, Satyayuga, Treta, Tretayuga, Dvaparayuga, Dvapara, Devayuga, Agnayi, Kalpanta, Kalki, Ashrama, Trete, Adiyuga, Kaliki.
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.2.61 < [Chapter 2 - Jñāna (knowledge)]
Verse 1.6.104-105 < [Chapter 6 - Priyatama (the most beloved devotees)]
The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
Canto XLVI - The computation of Brahmā’s life
Canto LXXIII - End of the Auttama Manvantara
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.14.137 < [Chapter 14 - The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakṣmīpriyā]
Verse 1.14.133 < [Chapter 14 - The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakṣmīpriyā]
The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter III - Measure of time, Moments of Kashthas, etc. < [Book I]
Chapter III - Measure of Time < [Book VI]
Chapter I - Account of the nature of the Kali age < [Book VI]
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 4.8 < [Chapter 4 - Jñāna-Yoga (Yoga through Transcendental Knowledge)]
Verse 8.17 < [Chapter 8 - Tāraka-brahma-yoga (the Yoga of Absolute Deliverance)]
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter XII - The tetrads or quadruples of om < [The om tat sat]
Chapter LXX - The words of the creator of worlds in the mundane stone < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter XLVII - Description of the worlds and their demiurgi < [Book IV - Sthiti prakarana (sthiti prakarana)]