The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2521 page)

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Tret
-yuga
.
The second of the four
yugas
, or divisions of
time
, in Hinduism. It lasts 1,296,000 years: sacrifice begins, but righteousness declines; it is the yuga during which
R
ma
appears as
avat
ra
(incarnation).
Triads
(secret societies):
Tribes, the twelve
.
The traditional composition and division of the Jewish people. The twelve tribes were supposedly descended from the sons and grandsons of the patriarch
Jacob
. They include Reuben, Simeon (Levi), Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Ephraim, and Manasseh.
Tricivara
(wearing a robe made of three pieces, in Buddhism):

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