One of the four ages constituting a cycle of history.
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Any of the four ages or eras of the world according to Hindu religious writings, each period being shorter, darker, and less righteous than the preceding.
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(religion, Hinduism) In Hindu theology, an epoch or era within a cycle of four ages: the Satya Yuga (Krita Yuga), the Dvapara Yuga, the Treta Yuga and finally the Kali Yuga, with lengths ranging from 432,000 to 1,728,000 years.
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Origin of yuga
Sanskrit yugamyoke, pair, erayeug- in Indo-European roots
From
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
The resemblance of this to some versions of the Hindu doctrine of the four ages or yuga is hardly to be accounted for except on the hypothesis that the Mexican theology contains ideas learnt from Asiatics.
Before Kali Yuga human beings had been naturally clairvoyant; the existence of a spiritual world was obvious to them.
Beginning roughly in 1958, the Krewe of Yuga threw private costume parties which at once mocked the traditional carnival and also appropriated it.
Fans rave over The Greatest Hits of the Kali Yuga and All One.