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Markandeyapurana 46.27

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 46.27

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Sanskrit

46.27

catvāri tu sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ kṛtamucyate /
śatāni sandhyā catvāri sandhyāṃśaśca tathāvidhaḥ //

Now the Kṛta age is said to have contained four thousand years; its commencing twilight was four hundred years, and the closing twilight was of the same duration. The Tretā age was three thousand divine years; and three hundred years was its commencing twilight, which was indeed of that duration, and its closing twilight was of the same duration. The Dvāpara age was two thousand years; and its commencing twilight is declared to have been two hundred years, and its closing twilight was two hundred years. The Kali age is a thousand divine years, O brahman; two hundreds of years are called its commencing and closing twilights;

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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