Kritayuga, Kṛtayuga, Krita-yuga: 11 definitions
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Kritayuga means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Kritayuga has 9 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Kṛtayuga can be transliterated into English as Krtayuga or Kritayuga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKṛtayuga (कृतयुग):—(kṛta + yuga) n. das goldene Weltalter (s. kṛta 3,g.) [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 85. 86.] [Mahābhārata 3, 11236. fg.] [Harivaṃśa 11217. 11219.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 90. 45, 15.]
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Kṛtayuga (कृतयुग):—[Sūryasiddhānta 1, 17. 46. 57.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKṛtayuga (कृतयुग):—n. das goldene Weltalter.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Full-text (+79): Satyayuga, Kartayuga, Dharmayuga, Krita, Padmavati, Devayuga, Kritayugaya, Anukampaka, Satyayugadya, Kritaparva, Golaki, Mati, Yugadi, Vema, Yuga, Niketa, Caturyuga, Four Ages, Lokapura, Kalpavriksha.
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Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CXLVIII < [Tirtha-yatra Parva]
Section CCXXXI < [Mokshadharma Parva]
Section 18 < [Sauptika Parva]
The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 7 - Knowledge about the world < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]
Chapter 29 - Cycle of Yugas: characteristics of Yugas < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]
Chapter 31 - Narration of the four Yugas: castes and stages of life < [Section 2 - Anuṣaṅga-pāda]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 8 - The Duration and Characteristics of Yoga < [Book 3 - Bhavishya Parva]
Chapter 4 - Kali-yuga Described < [Book 3 - Bhavishya Parva]
Chapter 37 - The Man-lion Incarnation of Vishnu < [Book 3 - Bhavishya Parva]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 2 - Propitiation of Śrī Varāha by Mantras < [Section 1 - Veṅkaṭācala-māhātmya]
Chapter 140 - The Greatness of Nandāhrada Tīrtha < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 27 - Characteristics of the Four Yugas (Caturyuga) < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]