the Treta age
(H3) [Printed book page 462,1]
त्रेता (tretā)—युग (—yuga) n. the T° age, MBh. &c. [ID=88639]
त्रेता (tretā)—युग (—yuga) n. the T° age, MBh. &c. [ID=88639]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
त्रेतायुगtretāyuga
त्रेतायुग (tretāyuga) is a Sanskrit word meaning the Treta age, the second age of the world, the second yuga, forms of Hari worshipped in the Yuga, Hari in the form of Yajña revealing the Vedas, the characteristics and duration of the Yuga. Its 6 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them The Tretā Age / Second Cosmic Age, Characteristics and Significance of Tretāyuga in Texts.
- Etymology
- E. त्रेता, and युग age
- Definitions
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Meanings by context
The Tretā Age / Second Cosmic Age
4 definitions
The second age of the world.
त्रेता (tretā)युग (yuga) (tretāyuga) [Printed book page 392]
त्रेता (tretā)युग (yuga) (tretāyuga) n. (-गं (-gaṃ)) The second or Tretā age.
त्रेता (tretā)युग (yuga) (tretāyuga) n. (-गं (-gaṃ)) The second or Tretā age.
E. त्रेता (tretā), and युग (yuga) age.
[ID=18199]— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
The second age of the world.
त्रेतायुग (tretāyuga) [Printed book page 347-b]
त्रेता-युग (tretā-yuga) (गं) ((gaṃ)) 1. n. The second age. [ID=17674]
त्रेता-युग (tretā-yuga) (गं) ((gaṃ)) 1. n. The second age. [ID=17674]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
The second age of the world.
त्रेतायुग (yuga) (tretāyuga) [Printed book page 326-b]
त्रेतायुग (yuga) (tretāyuga)
त्रेतायुग (yuga) (tretāyuga)
n. (-गं (-gaṃ)) The second or Treta age.
E. त्रेता, (tretā,) and युग (yuga) age.
[ID=18182]— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Characteristics and Significance of Tretāyuga in Texts
2 definitions
the second yuga
त्रेतायुग (tretāyuga) [Printed book page 679-2]
Tretāyuga, the second yuga (= Tretā). § 427 (Tretā):
Tretāyuga, the second yuga (= Tretā). § 427 (Tretā):
III, 149, 11250.—§ 458 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 188, 12827.
—§ 459 (do.): III, 189, 12981 (in the T. Nārāyaṇa is
yellow).—§ 574 (Jambūkh.): VI, 10, 388.—§ 664
(Mokṣadh.): XII, 207, 7556 (°e kāle saṃsparśāj jāyate
prajāḥ).—§ 677 (do.): XII, 232, 8496 (comprises 3,000
[celestial] years), 8502 (pādaśo hrasate vayaḥ); 233, 8542
(°e tu vidhis tveṣa yajñānāṃ).—§ 683 (do.): XII, 268, 9592
(pādonena dharmeṇa gacchet).—§ 717c (Uparicara): XII,
337, 12808.—§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 340, 12948 (°e,
Viṣṇu will then be incarnate as Rāma Jāmadagnya); 341,
13089 (yatra trayī bhaviṣyati); 349, IV, 13585.—§ 778e
(Avikṣit): XIV, 4, 80 (°mukhe, then Kārandhama, i.e.
Avikṣit lived). Cf. Tretā.
[ID=10878]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
1. Forms of Hari worshipped in the Yuga. 2. Hari in the form of Yajña revealing the Vedas. 3. The characteristics and duration of the Yuga. 4. The beginning of the observance of Shrauta and Smarta duties and the duties of kings. 5. The origin of culture.
त्रेतायुग (tretāyuga) [Printed book page 2-054]
Tretāyuga — Forms of Hari worshipped in the Yuga.1 Hari in the form of Yajña revealed the Vedas;2 characteris- tics of the Yuga;3 Duration of; Śrauta and Smārta dharmas begin to be observed: duties of kings in;4 origin of culture in;5 see Tretā.
[Footnote: 1) Bhā. V. 17. 12; IX. 10. 52; 14. 43; XI. 5. 24-6.]
[Footnote: 2) Bhā. XI. 17. 12.]
[Footnote: 3) Br. II 7. 21, 59; Bhā. XII. 2. 39; 3. 20-21, 28 and 52. Vā. 8. 65-96; 99. 439-444.]
[Footnote: 4) M. 142. 17, 23-5, 40-77; 165. 6.]
[Footnote: 5) Vā. 8. 146-178.]
[ID=5706]
Tretāyuga — Forms of Hari worshipped in the Yuga.1 Hari in the form of Yajña revealed the Vedas;2 characteris- tics of the Yuga;3 Duration of; Śrauta and Smārta dharmas begin to be observed: duties of kings in;4 origin of culture in;5 see Tretā.
[Footnote: 1) Bhā. V. 17. 12; IX. 10. 52; 14. 43; XI. 5. 24-6.]
[Footnote: 2) Bhā. XI. 17. 12.]
[Footnote: 3) Br. II 7. 21, 59; Bhā. XII. 2. 39; 3. 20-21, 28 and 52. Vā. 8. 65-96; 99. 439-444.]
[Footnote: 4) M. 142. 17, 23-5, 40-77; 165. 6.]
[Footnote: 5) Vā. 8. 146-178.]
[ID=5706]
— The Purana Index
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Definitions on this page come from 6 works: Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.