"Kali Yuga" meaning in All languages combined

See Kali Yuga on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit कलियुग (kaliyuga, “age of darkness”), from कलि (kali, “Kali”) + युग (yuga, “yuga”) Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|sa|कलियुग|gloss=age of darkness}} Borrowed from Sanskrit कलियुग (kaliyuga, “age of darkness”), {{compound|sa|कलि|युग|gloss1=Kali|gloss2=yuga}} कलि (kali, “Kali”) + युग (yuga, “yuga”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Kali Yuga}} Kali Yuga
  1. In Hinduism, the fourth 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. Wikipedia link: Kali Yuga Categories (topical): Religion Synonyms: Kaliyuga, Kali-Yuga Related terms: Dvapara Yuga, Treta Yuga, Satya Yuga

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