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Webster 1913 Edition


Yuga

{

Yug

, ‖

Yu′ga

, }
Noun.
[Skr.
yuga
an age, a yoke. See
Yoke
.]
(Hindoo Cosmog.)
Any one of the four ages, Krita, or Satya, Treta, Dwapara, and Kali, into which the Hindoos divide the duration or existence of the world.