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DIVISIONS OF EMPIRICAL TIME
Numerable Time
The smallest and indivisible period of empirical time is called samaya. Further divisions are represented as:
Innumerable samaya = 1 avali
Numerable avali = 1ucchvāsa
7 ucchvāsa = 1 stoka
7 stoka = 1 lava
381⁄2 lava = 1 nālī
2 nāli = 1 muhurta (= 48 minutes)
30 muhurta = 1 dina-rata (= 24 hours)
15 dina-rata = 1 pakṣa
2 pakṣa
2 māsa = 1 ṛtu
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1 māsa (month)
3 ṛtu = 1 ayana
2 ayana = 1 varṣa (year)
5 varsa 1yuga
=
2 yuga 10 varṣa
=
10,000 x 10 varṣa = 1 lakṣa (lakh) varṣa
84 x 1 lakṣa (lakh) varṣa (years) = = 1 pūrvānga
1 pūrva
1 parvānga 1 parva
1 nayutanga 1 nayuta
= 84 lakh × 1 pūrvanga
= 84 lakh x 84 lakh years
70560000000000 years
(also, 1 pūrvakoti = 1 crore x1 pūrva;
1 crore = 100 × 1 lakh = 100,00,000)
=
= 84×1 pūrva
= 84 lakh × 1 parvānga
= 84x1 parva
= 84 lakh × 1 nayutanga
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