A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Yugas
This page describes Yugas which is located on page 655 of the third volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Yugas” according to 121 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) [by H. H. Wilson]
irma | anyat | vapushe | vapuh | cakram | rathasya | yemathuh | pari | anya | nahusha | yuga | mahna | rajamsi | diyathah...
Read full contents: Rig Veda 5.73.3
The Brihaddharma Purana (abridged) [by Syama Charan Banerji]
A Manvantara falls after seventy-one courses of the four Yugas, and this is the period for which one Indra s rule lasts; so that fourteen Indras come and go in one day of Brahma. The four Yugas are the Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali. The Kali Yuga lasts one thousand divine years, the morning, evening and twilight occupying one hundred years more. The Treta Yuga is twice as long as the Kali Yuga and Dvapara thrice as long, Satya Yuga covers the remaining six thousand years....
Read full contents: Chapter 53 - On the divine year and the Yugas—Length of Brahma’s day
Mahabharata (English) [by Kisari Mohan Ganguli]
Verily, Time is irresistible Bhimasena said, Tell me of the duration of the different yugas, and of the different manners and customs and of virtue, pleasure and profit, and of acts, and energy, and of life and death in the different yugas. Thereupon Hanuman said, O child, that yuga is called Krita when the one eternal religion was extant. And in that best of yugas, every one had religious perfection, and, therefore, there was no need of religious acts....
Read full contents: Section CXLVIII
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