treta-yuga
त्रेतायुग tretā-yugaThe second world-age, in which dharma has begun to decline from its wholeness in the Satya Yuga.
Where this term appears
- The Summer Turn Treatise
…that Parashurama , the sixth avatara , was born on this day; that the Treta Yuga began on it; that the Ganga descended to earth on it; that the sage Vyasa began on this day to dictate the Mahabharata to Ganesha…