Kali Yuga

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit कलियुग (kaliyuga, “age of darkness”), from कलि (kali, “Kali, Kalipurush, demon of corruption”) +‎ युग (yuga, “yuga”)

Proper noun

Kali Yuga

  1. In Hinduism, the fourth and most evil of four stages of development that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas, traditionally thought to have begun at midnight (00:00) on 18 February, 3102 B.C.E. under the Julian calendar (23 January under the Gregorian calendar), and lasts for 432,000 years.

Usage notes

  • The "Kali" in "Kali Yuga" refers to the demon Kali, not the goddess Kali. To differentiate the demon Kali from the goddess, some writers refer the former as "Kalipurush".

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