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Kali Yuga meaning in Sanskrit

पञ्जर pañjara

Kali Yuga in Sanskrit: पञ्जर (pañjara). In English, Kali Yuga means in Hinduism, the fourth and most evil 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 B.C.E. under the Julian calendar (23 January under the Gregorian calendar), and lasts for 432,000 years.

Sanskrit words for Kali Yuga

the Kali Yuga
पञ्जर pañjara

English meaning of Kali Yuga

  1. proper noun In Hinduism, the fourth and most evil 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 B.C.E. under the Julian calendar (23 January under the Gregorian calendar), and lasts for 432,000 years.

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Questions about Kali Yuga in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of Kali Yuga in Sanskrit?
Kali Yuga in Sanskrit is पञ्जर (pañjara).
Kali Yuga इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Kali Yuga: पञ्जर (pañjara).
What does Kali Yuga mean in English?
Kali Yuga means in Hinduism, the fourth and most evil 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 B.C.E. under the Julian calendar (23 January under the Gregorian calendar), and lasts for 432,000 years.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “Kali Yuga”: पञ्जर. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: Kali Yuga (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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