The Cycle of Tugas i - Verse 1

Although this Purana accepted the Vedic tradition and regarded a Yuga period as consisting of five years {vide supra ch. 50 p. 343, fn. 3) , here it follows Manu 1.61-74, 79-86. According to Manu, the 1st Yuga, Krta, has a duration of 4000 years ofDevas with 400 divine years of the dawn ( Sandhya ) of the Age and 400 divine years of transition from Krta to the next Age ( Sandhyanda) . The other Yugas, viz. Treta, Dvapara ahd Kali consist respectively of a period of 3000,2000 and 1000 years of Devas, each yuga preceded by and followed by Sandhya and Sandhyamto, each extending over a period of 300, 200, 100 years of Devas. This theory superseded the Vedic one and has been adopted by Purarias e.g. KP. I chs. 51 and 53, NP. I ch. 41, VP. 1.3.,. • Bd. P. 1.2.29 &30 and Mbh. Vana.chs 149 and 188. . ; I • , .:; , .. , . , . , r , . •WrT’TflW'