The cycle consists of 4 yuga stages:

1. Kriti/Satya Yuga

2. Treta Yuga

3. Dwapara Yuga

4. Kali Yuga

Yuga Cycle

Basic Sanskrit Terminologies and their SI Unit values

Units of Time in Sanatana Dharma

1. A concept of time referring to cycles of change within the Universe and Consciousness.

2. It is a solid framework for one to understand how one experiences time w.r.t. oneself and various states of consciousness.

3. While in the West, Time is linear, the East looks at it as a cyclical movement.

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The concept of time is an independent variable that is often represented in a cyclical form. There are two dependent variables:

1. Nitya (Permanent)- Example: the Ultimate Consciousness (Brahman)

2. Anitya (Not permanent)- All other states of consciousness. It is a f(t). Can be nullified.

In Jainism, Time is serpentine. Culturally, when one experiences good events as a f(t), time is referred to as Uttasarpini, while during the occurrence of bad events, time is then referred to as Avasarpini. 

When one references time as a serpentine movement, one is technically referring to its Cosine waveform. 
 

Time (Samay/Kala)

Pattanaik, Devdutt (2017), Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik, Penguin Random House Publishing

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