yuga names

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> I have received the following query in a postal letter.

>

> "In a book by Harikesa Swami he wrote that, 'The yugas' names are

> derived from the faces of the dice. In this way the 4 yugas are

> constantly rotating as 1-2-3-4 but are called backwards by some

> quirk.' "

>

> Could you please clarify this?

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Someone asked me why there is a statement in the SB where it is

suggested that there was a switching of the treta and dvapara yugas.

I did research and found out that the names of the yugas are related

to the names of the faces of the dice. Kali refers to a dice with one

on it, dvapara refers to the dice with two on it, treta refers to the

dice with three on it, and krta (the usual name in the vedas for what

we usually call satya yuga) refers to the dice with four on it. These

yugas are always in that order and this is further confirmed by the

numbering. In vedic terminology sometimes things are listed from the

top down and sometimes from the bottom up. It is not a quirk that the

order manifested from the last to the first, it is simply another way

of looking at the situation.

 

I hope this helps. Hope you are well and happy.