Vishnupurana 2.8.72
Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.8.72
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- Sanskrit
2.8.72
saṃvatsaras tu prathamo dvitīyaḥ parivatsaraḥ
idvatsaras tṛtīyas tu caturthaś cānuvatsaraḥ
vatsaraḥ pañcamaś cātra kālo 'yaṃ yugasaṃjñitaḥ //
Fifteen days of thirty Muhúrttas each are called a Paksha (a lunar fortnight); two of these make a month; and two months, a solar season; three seasons a northern or southern declination (Ayana); and those two compose a year. Years, made up of four kinds of months, are distinguished into five kinds; and an aggregate of all the varieties of time is termed a Yoga, or cycle. The years are severally called Samvatsara, Parivatsara, Idvatsara, Anuvatsara, and Vatsara. This is the time called a Yuga.
Translations (2)
- The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English
Other recensions (1)
- Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate) — Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- Vāyupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Sāmbapurāṇa — Sanskrit
- Śivatattvaratnākara — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit
- Śivattvaratnākara — Basava, Sanskrit