"Kali Yuga" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit कलियुग (kaliyuga, “age of darkness”), from कलि (kali, “Kali”) + युग (yuga, “yuga”) Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|sa|कलियुग|gloss=age of darkness}} Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit कलियुग (kaliyuga, “age of darkness”), {{com|sa|कलि|युग|gloss1=Kali|gloss2=yuga|nocat=1}} कलि (kali, “Kali”) + युग (yuga, “yuga”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Kali Yuga}} 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. Categories (topical): Religion, Time Synonyms: Kaliyuga, Kali-Yuga Related terms: Dvapara Yuga, Treta Yuga, Satya Yuga
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Alternative forms

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