(p. 890) yuga a period of twelve years; any one of the four mythological aeons or ages (namely সত্য, ত্রেতা, দ্বাপর and কলি); an aeon; an age; an era; an epoch; times (যুগের হাওয়া); (fig.) a great length of time (চুল বাঁধতেই এক যুগ গেল); a yoke; a pair (পদযুগ); a unit of lineal measure equal to four cubits. ̃ক্ষয় same as যুগান্ত । ̃ধর্ম n. the spirit of the times or age, zeitgeist; the trend of the times or age; (loos.) characteristics of the age or times. ̃ধর্মপালন n. adopting or following the trends of the age. ̃ন্ধর n. the pole to which a yoke is fixed; (fig.) the person who represents the spirit of an age. ̃প্রবর্তক n. the maker of an age or epoch. ̃সন্ধি n. transition of an age. ̃সন্ধিকাল n. the transition period. ̃সন্ধিকালীন a. transitional. যুগান্ত n. the end of an age; a universal dissolution causing the world to be created anew; a great radical revolution bringing in a new era. যুগান্তকারী a. epoch-making. যুগান্তর n. a different age; a new age; an epoch-making revolution. যুগাবতার n. the divine incarnation of the age; an epoch-making divine incarnation; the greatest teacher or preceptor of the age. যুগোপযোগী a. fitting the age or times; suitable to or befitting the age; obedient to the age or times; time-befitting. 55)
