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  • proper noun In Hinduism, one of four stages of development that the world goes through as part of the cycle of Yugas, traditionally thought to have begun at midnight (00:00) on 18 February, 3102 BCE under the Julian calendar (23 January under the Gregorian calendar), and last 432,000 years.

Etymologies

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Transliteration of Devanagari कली युग (Age of Kali, or Age of Darkness).

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Examples

  • So wind your clocks back further than usual as we replay the most recent descent of the full Avatar in India, at the beginning of cosmic winter, the extraordinary beginning of this age called Kali Yuga.

    Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

  • So wind your clocks back further than usual as we replay the most recent descent of the full Avatar in India, at the beginning of cosmic winter, the extraordinary beginning of this age called Kali Yuga.

    Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

  • So wind your clocks back further than usual as we replay the most recent descent of the full Avatar in India, at the beginning of cosmic winter, the extraordinary beginning of this age called Kali Yuga.

    Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

  • The only solution in this time of "Kali Yuga" Chaos is for each individual to take responsibility for their actions.

    Biodiversity: Boundless, priceless – and threatened | Editorial 2011

  • The face above is the real, maskless one of a Balinese dancer who is part of an ambitious, full-length evening of song, dance, poetry, and stagecraft called "Kali Yuga," which is premiering this October in Zellerbach Hall under the auspices of Cal Performances, unfortunately.

    Archive 2006-05-01 sfmike 2006

  • Kali Yuga: Kul-lee The fourth age, or Iron Age, in the Yuga cycle, which has a duration of 432,000 Earth years.

    Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

  • I'm hoping to get down to details with Brimstone Press very very soon for the Kali Yuga collection.

    2010 Australian Specfic Snapshot: Stuart Mayne girliejones 2010

  • I informed Brimstone of this and they said they were about to move on my collection but wanted to make it more their own ie Kali Yuga rather than Doorways and that was fine with me.

    2010 Australian Specfic Snapshot: Stuart Mayne girliejones 2010

  • I'm hoping to get down to details with Brimstone Press very very soon for the Kali Yuga collection.

    2010 Australian Snapshot: Paul Haines girliejones 2010

  • With Kali Yuga—the age of quarrel—the clarity of this transmission, the sages knew, was in jeopardy.

    Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

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