yuga

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In Hindu theology, a period of a few hundred or thousand years, or an epoch or era within a cycle of four ages, catur-yuga catur-yuga: the Satya Yuga (or Krita Yuga), the Dvapara Yuga, the Treta Yuga and finally the Kali Yuga, with lengths ranging from 432,000 to 1,728,000 years. Hinduism
    — To Biardeau the linear nature of the declining dharma and the cyclical nature of the yugas make an unhappy marriage, and she ultimately rejects the idea of a true correspondence or rapport between the appearance of Vișņu as avatāra and the yuga cycle.

词形变化

yugas plural yug alternative,archaic Yuga alternative

词源

From Sanskrit युग (yuga). Doublet of yoke.
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