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Yuga

2 stages from Sanskrit to English.

Today it means In Hindu cosmology, one of four vast cyclical ages that make up a cosmic cycle.

Where does the word "yuga" come from? It comes from Sanskrit yuga, adopted directly into English (19th-20th c.).

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Stage 1 of 2
yuga
Sanskrit · ancient
"an age or era; literally 'yoke'"
literally 'yoke', extended to mean 'a generation' or 'a cosmic age'
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Stage 2 of 2
yuga
English · 19th-20th c.
"one of the four cosmic ages in Hindu cosmology"
adopted in English writing on Hindu cosmology
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