Markandeyapurana 46.23
Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 46.23
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- Sanskrit
46.23
nimeṣairdaśabhiḥ kāṣṭhā tathā pañcabhirucyate /
kalāstriṃśacca vai kāṣṭhā muhūrtaṃ triṃśattāḥ kalāḥ //
A kāṣṭhā is said to be composed of fifteen winks of the eyelids; and thirty kāṣṭhās make a kalā; and thirty such kalās make a muhūrta. A day and night among men contain, it has been settled, thirty muhūrtas; and with thirty days are reckoned the two lunar fortnights and the month; of six months consists the sun’s half-yearly course; the two half-yearly courses on the south and north of the equator coinpose the year. Such a year is a day and night of the gods;[8] the day thereof is the sun’s northern half-yearly course.
Translations (2)
- The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation