युगम्yugam1 A yoke (m. also in this sense); युगव्यायतबाहुः R.3.34;1.87; Śi.3.68.
- 1 A yoke (Masculine also in this sense); युगव्यायतबाहुः R.3.34;1.87; Śi.3.68.
- A pair, couple, brace; कुचयोर्युगेन तरसा कलिता Śi.9.72; स्तनयुग Ś.1.19.
- A couple of stanzas forming one sentence; see युग्म.
- An age of the world; (the Yugas are four: कृत or सत्य, त्रेता, द्वापर and कलि; the duration of each is said to be respectively 1,728,; 1,296,; 864.; and 432, years of men, the four together comprising 4,32, years of men which is equal to one Mahāyuga quod vide, which see; it is also supposed that the regularly descending length of the Yugas represents a corresponding physical and moral deterioration in the people who live during each age, Krita being called the 'golden' and Kali or the present age the 'iron' age); धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे Bg.4.8; युगशतपरिवर्तान् Ś7.34.
- (Hence) A long period of years (कालचक्र); युगं वा परिवर्तेत यद्येवं स्याद् यथाऽऽत्थ माम् Mb.5.16.99.
- A generation, life; आ सप्तमाद् युगात् Ms.1.64; जात्युत्कर्षो युगे ज्ञेयः पञ्चमे सप्तमेऽपि वा Y.1.96. (युगे Equivalent to जन्मनि Mit.).
- An expression for the number 'four', rarely for 'twelve',
- A period of five years.
- A measure of length equal to fourHastas.
- A part of a chariot or plough.
- Name of a particular configuration of the moon.
Derived forms and compounds
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-अंशकः
- a year. अध्यक्षः Name of Prajāpati.
- of Śiva.
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-अन्तः
- the end of the yoke.
- the end of an age, end or destruction of the world; युगान्तकालप्रति- संहृतात्मनो जगन्ति यस्यां सविकासमासत Śi.1.23; R.13.6.
- meridian, mid-day.
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-अन्तर
- a kind of yoke.
- a succeeding generation.
- another division of the sky; युगान्तरमारूढः सविता Ś.4.
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-अवधिः end or destruction of the world; पयस्यभिद्रवति भुवं युगावधौ Śi.17.4.
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-आद्या the first day of a Yuga.
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-कीलकः the pin of a yoke.
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-क्षयः destruction of the world.
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-धरः the pole of a carriage.
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-धुर् Feminine the pin of a yoke.
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-पत्रः, -पत्रकः the mountain ebony.
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-पार्श्वग Adjective going to the side of the yoke, (said of an ox while being broken in to the yoke).
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-बाहु Adjective long-armed; युगपद्युगबाहुभ्यः प्राप्तेभ्यः प्राज्यविक्रमाः Ku.2.18.
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-मात्रम् the length of a yoke (Equivalent to 4 hands).
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-वरत्रम् a yoke-strap; युगवरत्रे उपदंशिते ईषाचक्रादिसंनिधाने चेद् अक्षमानयेत्युच्यते तदा यानाक्षमधिकृत्य ब्रूते इति गम्यते, न तु विदेवनाक्षमिति ŚB. on MS.6.8.35.
Source: ApteApte entry