Dvapara Yuga

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Yuga cosmic age

Dvapara Yuga is the third of the four cyclical ages (yugas) in Hindu cosmology, characterized by a gradual decline in virtue and the setting for many events in the Mahabharata, including the life of Krishna.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Dvapara Yuga canonical 10
Dvapara Yuga (mythological time) 1
Dvapara Yuga (traditional) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Yuga ⓘ
cosmic age ⓘ
associatedDeity Krishna ⓘ
Vishnu ⓘ
associatedWithEpic Harivamsa ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ
associatedWithScripture Mahabharata ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ
avatarOf Vishnu ⓘ
avatarPresent Krishna ⓘ
belongsToConceptualSystem Hindu time cycles ⓘ
category Hindu mythological time period ⓘ
Hindu philosophical concept ⓘ
characterizedBy decline in dharma ⓘ
decline in virtue ⓘ
increase in adharma ⓘ
coMemberOfSequenceWith Kali Yuga ⓘ
Satya Yuga ⓘ
Treta Yuga ⓘ
cosmicDurationType long epoch ⓘ
cosmicFunction transition from higher to lower dharma ⓘ
describedIn Bhagavata Purana ⓘ
Mahabharata ⓘ
Manusmriti ⓘ
Vishnu Purana ⓘ
endMarks onset of Kali Yuga ⓘ
eschatologicalSignificance prepares world for Kali Yuga ⓘ
followedBy Kali Yuga ⓘ
fractionOfDharmaRemaining one-half ⓘ
hasConceptOfTime cyclical time ⓘ
languageContext Sanskrit ⓘ
majorEvent Kurukshetra War ⓘ
Krishna ⓘ
surface form: disappearance of Krishna

end of the Yadava dynasty ⓘ
events of the Mahabharata ⓘ
moralQualityRelativeToKaliYuga higher ⓘ
moralQualityRelativeToTretaYuga lower ⓘ
partOf Hindu cosmology ⓘ
Mahayuga ⓘ
four-yuga cycle ⓘ
positionInCycle third yuga ⓘ
precededBy Treta Yuga ⓘ
religiousTradition Hinduism ⓘ
roleInMythology setting for Krishna’s earthly life ⓘ
setting for Pandavas and Kauravas conflict ⓘ
symbolicRepresentation two legs of dharma bull remaining ⓘ
transitionCharacteristic increasing conflict and unrighteousness ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kurukshetra battlefield → timePeriod → Dvapara Yuga ⓘ
Devaki → mythologicalEra → Dvapara Yuga ⓘ
Vyasa → era → Dvapara Yuga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dvapara Yuga (traditional)
Yashoda → era → Dvapara Yuga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dvapara Yuga (mythological time)
Kuru dynasty → traditionalPeriod → Dvapara Yuga ⓘ
Rukmini → mythologicalEra → Dvapara Yuga ⓘ
Dashavatara → yugaAssociation → Dvapara Yuga ⓘ
Dharmakshetra → timePeriodContext → Dvapara Yuga ⓘ
Prativindhya → era → Dvapara Yuga ⓘ
Indraprastha → timePeriodInTradition → Dvapara Yuga ⓘ
Parashurama → yugaActivity → Dvapara Yuga ⓘ
Dwarka kingdom → timePeriodInMyth → Dvapara Yuga ⓘ