The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c6.103

c6.103

Take one hundred petals of the lotus flower, place them then one upon the other; and when pierced with a needle, the time in which the point passes through a single petal is called one second; eight such seconds are called one lavâ; eight lavâs one koshtâ; eight koshtâs one nimishâ; eight nimishâs one kalâ; four kalâs one anudruthâ; two anudruthâs one druthâ; two druthâs one lâgu; two lâgus one guru; three lâgus one plutha; four lâgus one kakupathâ.