Text 7] Calculation of Time, from the Atom 413
TRANSLATION
The time duration needed for the integration of three trasarenus is
called a truti, and one hundred trutis make one vedha. Three vedhas make
one lava.
PURPORT
It is calculated that if a second is divided into 1687.5 parts, each part is
the duration of a truti, which is the time occupied in the integration of
eighteen atomic particles. Such a combination of atoms into different
bodies creates the calculation of material time. The sun is the central
point for calculating all different durations.
TEXT 7
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nimesas tri-lavo jieya
amnatas te trayah ksanah
ksanan parca viduh kastham
laghu ta dasa paiica ca
nimesah—duration of time called a nimesa; tri-lavah—duration of three
lavas; jiieyah—is to be known; amnatah—it is so called; te—they; trayah—
three; ksanah—duration of time called a ksana; ksanan—such ksanas;
paiica—five; viduh—one should understand; kastham—duration of time
called a kastha; laghu—duration of time called a laghu; tah—those; dasa
parica—fifteen; ca—also.
TRANSLATION
The duration of time of three lavas is equal to one nimesga, the
combination of three nimesas makes one ksana, five ksanas combined
together make one kastha, and fifteen kagthas make one laghu.
PURPORT
By calculation it is found that one laghu is equal to two minutes. The
atomic calculation of time in terms of Vedic wisdom may be converted
into present time with this understanding.
