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Bhagavatapurana 3.11.19

Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3.11.19

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3.11.19

catvāri trīṇi dve caikaṃ kṛtādiṣu yathā-kramam /
saṅkhyātāni sahasrāṇi dvi-guṇāni śatāni ca //

19 & 20. The yugas respectively consist of four thousands, three thousands, two thousands, and one thousand years; the transition periods at the beginning and the end also respectively consist of eight hundreds, six hundreds, four hundreds and two hundreds of years; and the wise who know the fact call that a yuga which is between the transition periods counted by hundreds and only in relation to such yugas Dharma is laid down in the Holy books.

S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

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