section_path: Etymology
section_name: Etymology
paragraph_text: Etymology
  
  Yuga (Sanskrit: युग), in this context, means "an age of the world", where its archaic spelling is yug, with other forms of yugam, yugānāṃ, and yuge, derived from yuj (Sanskrit: युज्, lit. ' to join or yoke '), believed derived from * yeug- (Proto-Indo-European: lit. 'to join or unite').
  
  Kali Yuga (Sanskrit: कलियुग, romanized: kaliyuga or kali-yuga) means "the age of Kali ", "the age of darkness", "the age of vice and misery", or "the age of quarrel and hypocrisy".
  
  A complete description of Kali Yuga is found in the Mahabharata, Manusmriti, Vishnu Smriti, and various Puranas.