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[[힌두교]]에서 유가는 일반적으로 시대를 나타내는데 사용된다.<ref name="Dictionary.com yuga"/><ref>{{서적 인용|제목=RG Vedic Studies|성=Sundarraj|이름=M.|연도=1997|편집자-성=Mahalingam|편집자-이름=N.|편집자-링크=N. Mahalingam|출판사=[[Sakthi Group|Rukmani Offset Press]]|위치=[[Coimbatore]]|쪽=219|장=Ch. 4 Asvins⁠—Time-Keepers|원본연도=1st ed. 1994|인용문=It is quite clear that the smallest unit was the 'nimisah' ['winking of eyes'], and that time in the general sense of past, present and future was indicated by the word 'yuga'.}}</ref>

[[리그베다]]에서 유가는 세대, 긴 기간, 매우 짧은 기간 또는 [[멍에]](두 가지를 결합하는 것)를 의미한다.<ref>{{저널 인용|제목=Kalivarjya (actions forbidden in the Kali Age)|저널=Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society|저자링크=Pandurang Vaman Kane|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281640/page/n199/mode/1up|날짜=September 1936|권=12|출판사=[[The Asiatic Society of Mumbai|The Asiatic Society of Bombay]]|쪽=1–2|인용문=The word yuga occurs at least thirty-eight times in the Rigveda, but the meaning is rather doubtful. In a few places yuga means yoke ... In many places it appears to refer to a very brief period ... Generally yuga appears to mean in the Rigveda 'generation' (lessening the life of human generations) ... In other places 'yuga' must be given the sense of a 'long period of time' ...}}</ref> [[마하바라타]]에서 유가와 [[칼파]]([[브라흐마]]의 날)라는 단어는 창조와 파괴의 순환을 설명하기 위해 같은 의미로 사용된다.<ref>{{백과사전 인용|출판사=[[Brill Publishers]]}}</ref>

"유가"라는 이름은 일반적으로 차투르유가, 예를 들어 수리야 싯단타와 [[바가바드 기타]]([[마하바라타]]의 일부)에서 4개의 세계 시대([[사트야 유가]], [[트레타 유가]], [[드와파라 유가]], [[칼리 유가]])의 순환을 나타낸다.<ref name="Dictionary.com yuga">{{Dictionary.com|Yuga}}</ref><ref>{{서적 인용|url=https://archive.org/details/SuryaSiddhantaTranslation/page/n61/mode/1up|제목=Translation of the Surya-Siddhanta, A Text-Book of Hindu Astronomy; With notes and an appendix|성=Burgess|이름=Rev. Ebenezer|연도=1935|편집자-성=Gangooly|편집자-이름=Phanindralal|출판사=[[University of Calcutta]]|쪽=9|원본연도=1st ed. 1860|인용문=The period of 4,320,000 years is ordinarily styled Great Age (mahayuga), or, as above in two instances [1.15-16], Quadruple Age (caturyuga). In the Surya-Siddhanta, however, the former term is not once found, and the latter occurs only in these verses; elsewhere, Age (yuga) alone is employed to denote it, and always denotes it, unless expressly limited by the name of the Golden (krta) Age.}}</ref>{{Efn|The general word "{{IAST|yuga}}" is sometimes used instead of the more specific word "{{IAST|catur-yuga}}". A ''[[Kalpa (time)|kalpa]]'' is described as lasting 1,000 {{IAST|catur-yuga}} in [[Bhagavata Purana]] 12.4.2 ("{{IAST|catur-yuga}}")<ref>{{웹 인용|title=Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa) 12.4.2 |url=https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/12/4/2/ |website=Bhaktivedanta Vedabase |access-date=2020-05-10 |quote=<br>{{transl|sa|catur-yuga-sahasraṁ tu brahmaṇo dinam ucyate ।<br>sa kalpo yatra manavaś caturdaśa viśām-pate ॥ 2 ॥|italic=no}}<br>(2) One thousand cycles of four ages [{{IAST|catur-yuga}}] constitute a single day of Brahmā, known as a kalpa. In that period, O King, fourteen Manus come and go.}}</ref> and [[Bhagavad Gita]] 8.17 ("{{IAST|yuga}}").<ref>{{cite Q|Q854700 |title=Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 8.17 |url=https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/8/17/ |website=Bhaktivedanta Vedabase |access-date=2020-05-10 |quote=<br>{{transl|sa|sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ ।<br>rātriṁ yuga-sahasrāntāṁ te ’ho-rātra-vido janāḥ ॥ 17 ॥|italic=no}}<br>(17) By human calculation, a thousand ages [{{IAST|yuga}}] taken together form the duration of Brahmā’s one day. And such also is the duration of his night.}}</ref>}}

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== 외부 링크 ==
* [http://veda.wikidot.com/vedic-time-system#toc8 베다 시간 체계: 유가]
{{역법}}{{종교와 신화 속 시간}}
[[분류:시간의 단위]]
[[분류:힌두교의 시간]]
[[분류:힌두 철학 개념]]
[[분류:힌두 천문학]]
[[분류:네 유가]]