As a deity name
Name 705 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 437 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
युग · noun · masculine
एकत्र दो वस्तुएँ । जोड़ा । युग्म · जुआ । जुआठा · ऋद्धि और वृद्धि नामक दो ओषधियाँ — Śabdasāgara
युग · adj
जो गिनती में दो हो — Śabdasāgara
युग · yuga · s.m.
A yoke — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1251
युग · masculine
age, epoch
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi युग — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yewg- Proto-Indo-European *-óm Proto-Indo-European *yugóm Proto-Indo-Iranian *yugám Sanskrit युग (yuga)bor. Hindi युग Borrowed from Sanskrit युग (yugá). Doublet of जुग (jug).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
yuga yugma, yugya &c. See p. 854.
yuga n. a yoke, team (exceptionally m.), RV. &c. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
an age of the world, long mundane period of years (of which there are four, viz. 1. Kṛta or Satya, 2. Tretā, 3. Dvāpara, 4. Kali, of which the first three have already elapsed, whi…
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Dictionary citations
yuga yugma, yugya &c. See p. 854.
yuga n. a yoke, team (exceptionally m.), RV. &c. &c.
(ifc. f(ā). ) a pair, couple, brace, GṛŚrS.; MBh. &c.
(also with mānuṣa or manuṣya) a race of men, generation (exceptionally m.), RV. &c. &c.
a period or astronomical cycle of 5 (rarely 6) years, a lustrum (esp. in the cycle of Jupiter), MBh.; Var.; Suśr.
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