Satya Yuga, the Glossary
Satya Yuga (Krita Yuga) (IAST: Kṛta-yuga), in Hinduism, is the first and best of the four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga Cycle, preceded by Kali Yuga of the previous cycle and followed by Treta Yuga.[1]
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42 relations: Atharvaveda, Bhagavata Sampradaya, Brahma, Dharma, Dvapara Yuga, Epic poetry, Epic-Puranic chronology, Golden Age, Hindu deities, Hindu texts, Hindu units of time, Hinduism, Inner Traditions – Bear & Company, International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, Kali Yuga, Kalpa (time), List of numbers in Hindu scriptures, Mahabharata, Manu (Hinduism), Manusmriti, Manvantara, Merriam-Webster, Narayana, Oxford University Press, Pralaya, Proto-Indo-European language, Puranas, Sacred Books of the East, Shanti Parva, Springer Publishing, Surya Siddhanta, The Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Treta Yuga, Tropical year, Twilight, University of Calcutta, Vaishnavism, Vana Parva, Vedas, Vishnu Smriti, Yuga, Yuga cycle.
- Eight Yugas
- Four Yugas
Atharvaveda
The Atharvaveda or Atharva Veda (अथर्ववेद,, from अथर्वन्, and वेद, "knowledge") or Atharvana Veda (अथर्वणवेद) is the "knowledge storehouse of atharvāṇas, the procedures for everyday life".
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Bhagavata Sampradaya
The Bhagavata (Sanskrit: भागवत, romanised: Bhāgavata) tradition, also called Bhagavatism, refers to an ancient religious sect that traced its origin to the region of Mathura.
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Brahma
Brahma (ब्रह्मा) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the trinity of supreme divinity that includes Vishnu and Shiva.
Dharma
Dharma (धर्म) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism), among others.
Dvapara Yuga
Dvapara Yuga (IAST: Dvāpara-yuga), in Hinduism, is the third and third-best of the four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga Cycle, preceded by Treta Yuga and followed by Kali Yuga. Satya Yuga and Dvapara Yuga are four Yugas.
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Epic poetry
An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants.
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Epic-Puranic chronology
The Epic-Puranic chronology is a timeline of Hindu mythology based on the Itihasa (the Sanskrit Epics, that is, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana) and the Puranas.
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Golden Age
The term Golden Age comes from Greek mythology, particularly the Works and Days of Hesiod, and is part of the description of temporal decline of the state of peoples through five Ages, Gold being the first and the one during which the Golden Race of humanity (chrýseon génos) lived.
Hindu deities
Hindu deities are the gods and goddesses in Hinduism.
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Hindu texts
Hindu texts or Hindu scriptures are manuscripts and voluminous historical literature which are related to any of the diverse traditions within Hinduism.
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Hindu units of time
Hindu units of time are described in Hindu texts ranging from microseconds to trillions of years, including cycles of cosmic time that repeat general events in Hindu cosmology.
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Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.
Inner Traditions – Bear & Company
Inner Traditions – Bear & Company, also known as Inner Traditions, is a book publisher founded by Ehud Sperling in 1975 and based in Rochester, Vermont in the United States.
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International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration
The International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) is a transliteration scheme that allows the lossless romanisation of Indic scripts as employed by Sanskrit and related Indic languages.
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Kali Yuga
Kali Yuga, in Hinduism, is the fourth, shortest and worst of the four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga Cycle, preceded by Dvapara Yuga and followed by the next cycle's Krita (Satya) Yuga. Satya Yuga and Kali Yuga are eight Yugas and four Yugas.
Kalpa (time)
A kalpa is a long period of time (aeon) in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology, generally between the creation and recreation of a world or universe.
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List of numbers in Hindu scriptures
The Hindu scriptures contain many numerical descriptions concerning distances, durations and numbers of items in the universe as seen from the perspective of Hindu cosmology.
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Mahabharata
The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.
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Manu (Hinduism)
Manu (मनु) is a term found with various meanings in Hinduism.
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Manusmriti
The Manusmṛti (मनुस्मृति), also known as the Mānava-Dharmaśāstra or the Laws of Manu, is one of the many legal texts and constitutions among the many of Hinduism.
Manvantara
A manvantara, in Hindu cosmology, is a cyclic period of time identifying the duration, reign, or age of a Manu, the progenitor of mankind.
Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster, Incorporated is an American company that publishes reference books and is mostly known for its dictionaries.
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Narayana
Narayana is one of the forms and epithets of Vishnu.
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Pralaya
Pralaya (translit) is a concept in Hindu eschatology.
Proto-Indo-European language
Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European language family.
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Puranas
Puranas (पुराण||ancient, old (1995 Edition), Article on Puranas,, page 915) are a vast genre of Hindu literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other traditional lore.
Sacred Books of the East
The Sacred Books of the East is a monumental 50-volume set of English translations of Asian religious texts, edited by Max Müller and published by the Oxford University Press between 1879 and 1910.
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Shanti Parva
The Shanti Parva (शान्ति पर्व; IAST: Śānti parva; "Book of Peace") is the twelfth of eighteen books of the Indian Epic Mahabharata.
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Springer Publishing
Springer Publishing Company is an American publishing company of academic journals and books, focusing on the fields of nursing, gerontology, psychology, social work, counseling, public health, and rehabilitation (neuropsychology).
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Surya Siddhanta
The Surya Siddhanta is a Sanskrit treatise in Indian astronomy dated to 4th to 5th century,Menso Folkerts, Craig G. Fraser, Jeremy John Gray, John L. Berggren, Wilbur R. Knorr (2017),, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Quote: "(...) its Hindu inventors as discoverers of things more ingenious than those of the Greeks.
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The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
The Asiatic Society of Mumbai (formerly Asiatic Society of Bombay) is a learned society in the field of Asian studies based in Mumbai, India.
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Treta Yuga
Treta Yuga (IAST: Tretā-yuga), in Hinduism, is the second and second-best of the four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga Cycle, preceded by Krita (Satya) Yuga and followed by Dvapara Yuga. Satya Yuga and Treta Yuga are four Yugas.
Tropical year
A tropical year or solar year (or tropical period) is the time that the Sun takes to return to the same position in the sky – as viewed from the Earth or another celestial body of the Solar System – thus completing a full cycle of astronomical seasons.
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Twilight
Twilight is light produced by sunlight scattering in the upper atmosphere, when the Sun is below the horizon, which illuminates the lower atmosphere and the Earth's surface.
University of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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Vaishnavism
Vaishnavism (translit-std) is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.
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Vana Parva
The Vana Parva, also known as the "Book of the Forest", is the third of eighteen parvas in the Indian epic Mahabharata.
Vedas
The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the ''Atharvaveda''. The Vedas are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India.
Vishnu Smriti
Vishnu Smriti (IAST) is one of the latest books of the Dharmaśāstra tradition in Hinduism and the only one which does not deal directly with the means of knowing dharma.
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Yuga
A yuga, in Hinduism, is generally used to indicate an age of time. Satya Yuga and yuga are four Yugas.
Yuga cycle
A Yuga Cycle (chatur yuga, maha yuga, etc.) is a cyclic age (epoch) in Hindu cosmology. Satya Yuga and yuga cycle are four Yugas.
See also
Eight Yugas
Four Yugas
- Dvapara Yuga
- Hindu astronomy
- Kali Yuga
- Satya Yuga
- Treta Yuga
- Yuga
- Yuga cycle
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satya_Yuga
Also known as Krita Yug, Krita Yuga, Kritayuga, Krta Age, Krta Yuga, Krtayuga, Sat Yuga, Satya Age, Satya Yug, Satya-Yuga, Satyayuga, .