Indian Epigraphy c15.s2.t1.2

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A Kalpa constituting a single day of the god Brahman is believed to consist of 14 Manvantaras and 6 Mahāyugas, or 1000 Mahāyugas, or 4,320,000,000 years. Each Mahāyuga (also called *Caturyugin*) is supposed to consist of 4 Yugas, viz. Satya or Kṛta, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali. The Kali age consists of 432000 years, while Dvāpara, Tretā and Satya or Kṛta respectively two, three and four times that number.