Dvāpara Yuga

Hindu chronology

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The Dvapara Yuga is the third age in the Hindu cycle of four yugas, or world ages. These yugas represent a progressive decline in humanity's moral and physical state. The four yugas are Krita, Treta, Dvapara, and Kali, named after throws in a dice game. Each yuga is progressively shorter than the one before it. The Dvapara Yuga is followed by the Kali Yuga, which is the current age. The concept of yugas is part of a larger Hindu cosmological timeline, where 2,000 mahayugas (great yugas) form a kalpa, or cosmic cycle.123

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chronology
Eras based on astronomical speculation
…the three others, the Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali yugas. The respective durations of these four yugas were 1,728,000, 1,296,000, 864,000, and 432,000 years. According to the astronomer Aryabhata, however, the duration of each of the four yugas was the same—i.e., 1,080,000 years. The basic figures in these calculations were derived…
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…the three others, the Tretā, Dvāpara, and Kali yugas. The respective durations of these four yugas were 1,728,000, 1,296,000, 864,000, and 432,000 years. According to the astronomer Aryabhata, however, the duration of each of the four yugas was the same—i.e., 1,080,000 years. The basic figures in these calculations were derived…
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Hinduism
Myths of time and eternity
… a total of 3,600 years; Dvapara 2,400 years; and Kali (the current one), 1,200 years. A mahayuga thus lasts 12,000 years and observes the usual coefficient of 12, derived from the 12-month year, the unit of creation. These years are “years of the gods,” each lasting 360 human years, 360…
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… a total of 3,600 years; Dvapara 2,400 years; and Kali (the current one), 1,200 years. A mahayuga thus lasts 12,000 years and observes the usual coefficient of 12, derived from the 12-month year, the unit of creation. These years are “years of the gods,” each lasting 360 human years, 360…
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