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Satya Yuga

Satya Yuga proper noun: the first and best of four stages of development that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas; it lasts for 1,728,000 years.

Proper noun

Satya Yuga (plural Satya Yugas)

  1. (Hinduism) The first and best of four stages of development that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas; it lasts for 1,728,000 years.

Satya Yuga meaning in Hindi and Sanskrit

Satya Yuga in Hindi

first yuga of Hindu cosmology
सत्ययुग satyayug, सतयुग satyug, कृतयुग kŕtyug

Satya Yuga in Sanskrit

Satya Yuga, said to be the first and the best of the four yugas
सत्ययुग satyayuga

Forms of Satya Yuga

pluralSatya Yugas
alternative formSatyayuga
alternative formSatya-Yuga

Origin of Satya Yuga

Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit सत्ययुग (satyayuga). Some etymologies claim it was named after the best throw in an ancient Indian dice game.

Questions about Satya Yuga

What does Satya Yuga mean?
Satya Yuga means the first and best of four stages of development that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas; it lasts for 1,728,000 years.
What is Satya Yuga in Hindi?
Satya Yuga in Hindi is सत्ययुग (satyayug), सतयुग (satyug), कृतयुग (kŕtyug). See Satya Yuga meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Satya Yuga?
Satya Yuga is a proper noun.

Words near Satya Yuga in the dictionary

  1. Saturnus
  2. satuwa
  3. satvik
  4. Satvinder
  5. Satya
  6. Satya Yuga
  7. Satyabhama
  8. satyagraha
  9. satyagrahas
  10. satyagrahi
  11. satyagrahis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Satya Yuga (page history and authors); सत्ययुग (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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