Yuga (English spelling)

Japanese: ユガ(英語表記)yuga
Yuga (English spelling)
The time period of the universe in Hindu mythology. According to the Hindu doctrine of creation, the world is created and destroyed repeatedly, and the period from creation to destruction is divided into four periods. The first period is Krita Yuga, the second period is Treta Yuga, the third period is Dvapara Yuga, and the fourth period is Kali Yuga. The fourth period corresponds to the 1200 years of the gods, and the first, second, and third periods are 4, 3, and 2 times that, respectively. The first period is a golden age in which justice was perfectly performed and humans had a lifespan of 4000 years, but it gradually became worse and eventually returned to darkness. One year of the gods is said to be 360 ​​solar years, and the fourth period is equivalent to 432,000 solar years, but there are various theories about the number of years. It is said that we are currently about 5000 years into the fourth Kali Yuga (→ Kali).

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Japanese:
ヒンドゥー教神話での宇宙の紀年。ヒンドゥー教の世界創造説によれば,世界は生成と壊滅を繰返すとされ,創造から帰滅までの期間を4期に分ける。第1期クリタ・ユガ,第2期トレーター・ユガ,第3期ドバーパラ・ユガ,第4期カリ・ユガで,第4期は神の 1200年間にあたり,1,2,3期は順次その4,3,2倍である。第1期は黄金時代で正義が完全に行われ,人間の寿命も 4000歳あるが,次第に悪くなってついには暗黒に帰着する。神の1年は太陽暦の 360年とされ,第4期は太陽暦の 43万 2000年に相当するわけであるが,年数については諸説がある。現在は第4期カリ・ユガが約 5000年ほど過ぎ去ったところであるという (→カリ ) 。

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