Dvāpara Yuga
idea · 4 works · 8 mentions · 12 anchored passages
Dvāpara · Tretā · Tretā Yuga · Dvāpara age · Dvāpara yuga · Kali Yuga · Kali age · Kṛta Yuga · Kṛta age · Tretā age
in the texts
Vīramitrodaya
The second cosmic age, associated with knowledge and Gautama's dharma.
in the Tretā, sacrifice.
in the Tretā, knowledge is said.
in Tretā, they resort to the flesh.
Parāśara Smṛti
The second cosmic age, used comparatively for dharma and ritual rules.
in the Tretā, by touch.
in the Tretā, it takes ten days.
in the Tretā, it is based in the flesh.
Slokantara
The doctrine of four cyclical world-ages (Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara, Kali), each with a declining characteristic virtue and moral character
[Slo_66s-ab] > *Pradhāna is like a cart;
The four *yugas* are the four wheels of the cart.
[Slo_65s-ab] > *Asceticism is highest in the Kṛta Yuga;
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The doctrine of four successive world-ages of progressively declining dharma.
Then adharma cast one foot upon the earth;
That supreme dharma then came down to the vaiśya and śūdra;
"In the Kṛta age of old, O Rāma, only brahmins were ascetics;