1 A yoke(m. also in this sense); yugavyāyataba huḥ R. 3. 34, 10. 87; Śi. 3. 68.

2 A pair, couple, brace; kucayoryugena tarasā kalitā Śi. 9. 72; stanayuga Ś. 1. 19.

3 A couple of stanzas forming one sentence; see yugma.

4 An age of the world; (the Yugas are four: kṛ ta or satya, tretā, dvāpara and kali; the duration of each is said to be respectively 1,728,000; 1,296,000; 864,000; and 432,000 years of men,...