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जुग jug [Prk. जुगं; S. युगं], s.m. A yoke;—an age, a period, an epoch, a cycle; an astronomical cycle of fiveyears, a lustrum; (in Myth.) an age of the world, a long mundane period of years (of which there are four, viz. Kr̤it or Satya-jug, Tretā, Dwāpar, and Kalī, of which the first three havealready elapsed, while the Kalīis that in which we are supposed to live; the first comprises 1,728,000 years; the second, 1,296,000 years; the third, 864,000 years, and the fourth, 432,000 years, of which nearly 5,000 have already elapsed);—a measure of length of four cubits; a symbolical expression for the number4, and sometimes for the number 12; a very long time or period:—a thread (in brocade-working):—jugādar, jugādarī(S. yuga+ād˚), adj. Very old, ancient, antiquated (man or animal):—jugānt (S. yuga+anta), s.m. The end of an age; a destruction of the universe;—adj. For an age, for all time:—jugānt bandhu, s.m.f. A fast friend:—jugāntar (S. yuga+ant˚), s.m. & adv. Another epoch;—in the midst of an epoch; from age to age:—jugānujug, vulg. jugānjug (S. yuga+anu˚), adv. From one age to another, from age to age, during successive ages, to the ages of ages, for ever and ever, to all eternity:—jug-pat, adv. At one and the same time, together, conjointly; at once, suddenly:—jug phūṭnā, v.n. To become estranged, to fall out:—jug-phoṛnā(-kā), To cause a difference (betweenfriends), to divide, part, or sunder (close friends, etc.):—jug-jug, adv. From age to age, for ever, constantly, perpetually, eternally:—jug-joṛ, adv. With the two hands clasped (as in earnest entreaty):—jug-ḍālnāor ḍāl-denā(-meṅ), To put a thread (in brocade-work):—jug-vidhi, vulg. jug-bidhi, s.f. The quality or manner of a jug, q.v.:—jugvyavasthā, s.f. The laws or economy of a jug.
Origin: Hindi