युग

yug hindoo sabhyata ke anusar, ek nirdharit sankhya ke varshoan ki kalavadhi hai. bharatiy jyotish aur puranoan ki paranpara ke adhar par srishti ke sanpoorn kal ko char bhagoan mean baanta gaya hai-

1. sat yug
2. treta yug
3. dvapar yug
4. kali yug

is kal vibhajan ko kuchh log jivan ki sthitiyoan ki lakshanik abhivyakti manate haian. unake anusar sota hua kali hai, jamhaee leta hua dvapar, uthata hua treta aur chalata hua satayug hai. prachin kal mean yugoan ke atirikt kal ka vibhajan yug, manvantar aur kalp ke kram se bhi hota raha hai.

sat yug

char prasiddh yugoan mean satayug pahala hai. ise kritayug bhi kahate haian. isaka aranbh akshay tritiya se hua tha. isaka pariman 17,28,000 varsh hai. is yug mean bhagavan ke matsy avatar , koorm avatar, varah avatar aur nrisianh avatar ye char avatar hue the. us samay puny hi puny tha, pap ka nam bhi n tha. kurukshetr mukhy tirth tha. log ati dirgh ayu vale hote the. jnan-dhyan aur tap ka pradhany tha. bali, maandhata, puroorava, dhundhamarik aur kartaviry ye satyayug ke chakravarti raja the. mahabharat ke anusar kali yug ke bad kalki avatar dvara pun: satyayug ki sthapana hogi.

treta yug

doosare yug treta ki avadhi barah lakh chhiyanave hazar varsh mani jati hai. is yug ka aranbh kartik shukl naumi se hota hai. manu aur sataroopa ke do putr priyavrat aur uttanapad isi yug mean hue. ye prithvi ke sarvapratham raja the. shriram aur parashuram ne isi yug mean avatar liya. is yug mean puny adhik hota hai. manushy ki ayu adhik hoti hai.

dvapar yug

yah char yugoan mean tisara yug hai. isaka aranbh bhadrapad krishna trayodashi se hota hai. isaki avadhi puranoan mean ath lakh chausath hazar varsh mani gee hai. yah yuddh pradhan yug hai aur isake lagate hi dharm ka kshay aranbh ho jata hai. bhagavan krishna ne isi yug mean avatar liya tha.

kali yug

aryabhat ke anusar mahabharat ka yuddh 3109 ee. poo. mean hua tha aur usake aant ke sath hi kalayug ka aranbh ho gaya. ise kaliyug bhi kahate haian. kuchh vidvanh kaliyug ka aranbh mahabharat yudv ke 625 varsh pahale se manate haian. phir bhi samanyat: yahi vishvas kiya jata hai ki mahabharat yuddh ke aant, shrikrishna ke svargarohan aur paandavoan ke himalay mean galane ke lie jane ke sath hi kaliyug ka aranbh ho gaya. is yug ke pratham raja parikshit hue. aryabhat ke anusar mahabharat ka yuddh 3109 ee. poo. mean hua tha aur usake aant ke sath hi kaliyug ka aranbh ho gaya.

barah yug

brihaspati ki gati ke anusar prabhav adi sath varshoan mean barah yug hote haian tatha pratyek yug mean paanch-paanch vatsar hote haian. barah yugoan ke nam haian-

1. prajapati
2. dhata
3. vrish
4. vyay
5. khar
6. durmukh
7. plav
8. parabhav
9. rodhakrit
10. anal
11. durmati
12. kshay

pratyek yug ke jo paanch vatsar haian, unamean se pratham ka nam 'sanvatsar' hai. doosara 'parivatsar', tisara 'idvatsar', chautha 'anuvatsar' aur paanchava 'yugavatsar' hai. inake prithak-prithakh devata hote haian, jaise sanvatsar ke devata agni mane ge haian .

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