what are the yugas in hindu mythology?
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A Yuga Cycle ( a.k.a. Chatur Yuga, Maha Yuga etc.) is a cyclic age (epoch) in Hindu cosmology, where eternal time repeats general events. Each cycle repeats four yugas (dharmic ages)—Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga, and Kali Yuga—lasting for 4,320,000 years or 12,000 divine years.
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These deities belong to the 3 dimensions of the universe/heavens, the earth, and the intermediate space. Some major deities of the Vedic tradition include Indra, Surya, Agni, Ushas, Vayu, Varuna,Mitra, Aditi, Yama, Soma, Sarasvati, Prithvi, and Rudra.
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The Hindu Trimurti consists of Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver, and Shiva the Destroyer. Most Hindus are principally devoted to the god Vishnu, the god Shiva, or the Goddess.
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Treata Yuga Parsurama is a well known incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He takes birth in Jamdagni Rishi and Renuka's home. He killed twenty one time all of the Kshatriya Warriors of Earth to irradiate sinners.
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The Bagua or Pa Kua or Palgwae (in Korean) are eight symbols used in Taoist cosmology to represent the fundamental principles of reality, seen as a range of eight interrelated concepts. Each consists of three lines, each line either "broken" or "unbroken", respectively representing yin or yang, 0 or 1 forming binary ...
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2000 + 200 + 200 = 2400 divine years (= 864000 human years) = 1 Dvapara Yuga. 1000 + 100 + 100 = 1200 divine years (= 432000 human years) = 1 Kali Yuga. 12000 divine year = 4 Yugas (= 4320000 human years) = 1 Mahā-Yuga (also is equaled to 12000 Daiva (divine) Yuga)
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Yamas (Sanskrit: यम), and their complement, Niyamas, represent a series of "right living" or ethical rules within Hinduism and Yoga. It means "reining in" or "control". ... The complementary Niyamas represent the "do these" list of observances, and together Yamas and Niyamas are personal obligations to live well.
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Holika Dahan also Kamudu pyre is celebrated by burning Holika, an asura. For many traditions in Hinduism, Holi celebrates the killing of Holika in order to save Prahlad, a devotee of God Vishnu and thus Holi gets its name.
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Some say that in Hindu mythology, Aiyo is the name of the wife of Yama, the god of death. Hence, in many traditional South Indian households, it is still considered inauspicious to use the term injudiciously, especially at twilight. Others connect it to the Hindu god, Ayyapa.
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In later verses of the Samhita layer of Vedic texts, Monier Williams states the Asuras are "evil spirits, demons and opponents of the gods". Asuras connote the chaos-creating evil, in Indo-Iranian (collectively, Aryan) mythology about the battle between good and evil.
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We are in the Dwapara Yuga As of 2012 AD, Krishna's era ended 5,114 years ago. If you subtract 2592, which is the cumulative number of years of the two Kali Yugas that are at the bottom of the ellipse which describes the axial precession, you arrive at 2522 years.
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Niyoga (Sanskrit: नियोग) was an ancient tradition of Svayambhuva Manu sect, which is mainly followed by Svayambhuva Manu's believers. In which a woman (whose husband is either incapable of fatherhood or has died without having a child) would request and appoint a man for helping her bear a child.
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According to the 'Yuga System' of Hinduism, Ramayana occurred in Treta Yuga while Mahabharata took place in Dwapara Yuga, several years after the Treta Yuga. So there are several instances that prove that Ramayana took place before Mahabharata but Ramayana was written much after the Mahabharata.
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So, not only Jesus Christ, Buddha and Muhammad, even Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma (who were not considered major gods during the vedic religion period, but rose to prominence only during the time Christianity entered India around 2000 years ago - be my guest and check this, please) are all born during kali yuga.
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The goddess Kali is one of the fiercest, strongest, and most complex deities in all of Hinduism; she's a goddess of death, violence, and the doomsday. ... Mahakali is the cosmic form of the goddess, where she embodies the ultimate truth of the universe and holds the power of the other deities in her ten arms.
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Vishnu's guardians Jaya-Vijaya, were cursed by 4 kumara sages (Bramha's sons) to incarnate on Earth either 3 times as enemies of Lord Vishnu OR 10 times as devotees of Lord Vishnu. They chose to take birth on earth 3 times. In the first birth (During Satya Yuga), they were born as Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha.