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Lemma: yuga (mn)
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a lustrum (esp. in the cycle of Jupiter) (MW)
a measure of length = 86 Aṅgulas (MW)
a name for the number "twelve" (MW)
a pair (MW)
a period or astronomical cycle of 5 (rarely 6) years (MW)
a race of men (MW)
a symbolical name for the number "four" (MW)
a yoke (MW)
an age of the world (MW)
brace (MW)
couple (MW)
long mundane period of years (of which there are four) (MW)
name of a double Śloka or two Ślokas so connected that the sense is only completed by the two together (MW)
name of a particular Nābhasa constellation (of the class called Sāṃkhyayoga) (MW)
name of a particular position or configuration of the moon (MW)
Topic
Frequency
yuga theory 103
Astronomy 89
war 78
Bhakti 45
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 36
Cosmology 35
Kalki(n) 34
Time 25
Alchemy 25
Cosmogony (gen.) 21
Shivaism, Śiva 19
marriage, wedding 17
Buddha's life 17
Genealogies 15
Brideship and marriage 14
varṇas, castes 14
King, rājanīti 14
jātaka, avadāna 14
Dharmaśāstra 13
botany, plants 12
Lexicography 12
Indra 11
Agni 11
Kashmirian Shivaism 11
Mahābhārata 11
(prophesy about the) kaliyuga 10
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 10
Cosmogony 10
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 10
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 9
sahasranāman 8
Gaṅgā, Ganges 8
Dynasties 7
meteorology, weather 7
Aśvins 7
Geography 7
Tīrthas 7
Zoology 7
dharma 6
Sāṃkhya 6
Mahāyāna 6
Agriculture 6
worship 6
India 5
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 5
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha 5
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge 5
Medicine 5
Śvetadvīpa 5
poison, antidotes 4
Nara-Nārāyaṇa 4
Yoga 4
mantra 4
śruti, Veda 4
Giving, dāna 4
āhavanīya 4
Manu, manvantara 4
Creation of the world 4
pralaya, destruction of the world 4
Behaviour, strīdharma 4
ukhya 4
cow 4
Dāruvana 4
Buddhism 3
dvīpa 3
penance, prāyaścitta 3
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 3
narrative literature 3
samāvartana 3
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun 3
Kṣatriya 3
Sacrifice, yajña 3
Soma 3
death rites, funeral rites, aurdhvadehika, pitṛmedha 3
sacrificial post, yūpa 3
Maruts 3
pretakārya, rituals for the dead, funeral rites 3
fable 3
altar, vedi 3
Marutta 2
fighting 2
good behaviour 2
Bharata 2
third eye 2
birth, pregnancy 2
Agni Vaiśvānara 2
Viśve devāḥ 2
Tāraka 2
vrata 2
Uṣas 2
bad behaviour 2
linguistic speculation 2
Kirātārjunīya 2
Prophesy 2
rebirth, transmigration 2
Religion and Philosophy 2
svaru 2
hathayoga 2
Law 2
agnicayana 2
(Im-)purity 2
saṃskāras 2
godāna 2
avatāras 2
inundation 2
nāmakaraṇa, nāmakarman 2
Sūrya's chariot 2
Buddha 2
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 2
Liberation, mokṣa, release 2
Poetology 2
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra 2
Nature poetry 2
weapons, arms 2
military formation 2
creates fever 1
dānastuti 1
against kṣetriya 1
raising the yūpa 1
for long life, longevity, old age 1
garbhādhāna 1
mahāvrata 1
for love, love charms 1
healing rituals, against diseases 1
garbharakṣaṇa 1
against death, Nirṛti 1
against serpents, snakebites 1
Birth, childhood, and youth 1
punishment for crime 1
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs 1
Yama 1
cāturmāsya 1
River deities 1
puṃsavana 1
Soma sacrifice 1
Varuṇa 1
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha 1
ṣoḍaśin 1
subhāṣita 1
water, rain 1
prāyaścitta 1
Moral literature 1
Travel 1
eating, food, anna 1
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya 1
Professions 1
Customs and taxes 1
Tripura 1
Pregnancy 1
Matsyāvatāra 1
Materia medica 1
dāna, giving 1
Administration 1
Ordeal 1
Witness 1
Debts and interest 1
dhanurveda 1
Politics 1
Pashupata Shaivism 1
vānaprastha 1
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 1
Grammar 1
Astrology 1
Cosmography 1
dīkṣā 1
vyavahāra 1
digestion 1
Śrīvidyā 1
Varāha 1
gold 1
Viśvāmitra 1
Trita and his brothers 1
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 1
animal sacrifice, paśubandha 1
Structure of the world 1
Pārvatī 1
ātman 1
rasāyana 1
śrāddha 1
Peace and war 1
āpaddharma 1
ariṣṭa, riṣṭa, kālavijñāna 1
poverty, renunciation 1
army 1
Organization of the kingdom (provinces, ...) 1
Paraśurāma 1
fever, jvara, takman 1
diseases 1
Kṛṣṇa 1
Palmistry 1
varaṇa, kanyāvaraṇa, wooing 1
Concept Notes Count Yuga a long period of time 99 yoke joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together 16 couple two items of the same kind 5 coevals all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age 4 two the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number 3 lustrum a period of five years 3 generation the normal time between successive generations; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade" 3 pair a set of two similar things considered as a unit 2 Yuga an astronomical cycle of 5 years 1 yuga [word] the word yuga 1 race people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings" 1
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