First yuga (age) in a four-yuga cycle of time found in Vedic Hindu cosmology.
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The duties set down for the Krita yuga are of one kind.
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The men, however, of the Krita Yuga are devoted to penances, possessed of tranquil souls, and observant of righteousness.
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(The total duration, therefore, of the Krita yuga is four thousand and eight hundred years of the deities).