[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s4.1090 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.1090 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.1090 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s4.1090](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1090) Nor do the older Vedic texts know of any series of Yugas or ages such as are usual later. In the Atharvaveda⁵ there are mentioned in order a hundred years, an ayuta (10,000?), and then two, three, or four Yugas: the inference from this seems to be that a Yuga means more than an ayuta, but is not very certain. Zimmer⁶ adduces a passage from the Rigveda,⁷ but the reference there, whatever it may be,⁸ is certainly not to the four ages (cf. also Triyuga).⁹ The Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa¹⁰ recognizes long periods of time—e.g., one of 100,000 years. - [Previous: v2.c4.s4.1089](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1089) - [Next: v2.c4.s4.1091](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1091) - [Up: v2.c4.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1090](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.1090) · Pramāṇa