Dvapara-yuga

Dvapara Yuga also Dwapara Yuga ( Sanskrit द्वापर युग Dvāpara Yuga ) is the third of four yugas or world ages described in the Hindu scriptures . The Dwapara Yuga follows the Treta-Yuga and is replaced by the Kali-Yuga . It takes twice as long as the Kali Yuga , i.e. 2 × 432,000 = 864,000 years. The law of life ( Dharma ) is only half realized in this age.

After the Puranas , this yuga ended when Krishna returned to his eternal home, Vaikuntha .

literature

• Heinrich Robert Zimmer : Indian myths and symbols: key to the world of forms of the divine. Diederichs Yellow Row 33. 7th edition Diederichs, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-424-00693-9 , pp. 18–24

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bhāgavata Purāṇa 12.2.29-33