[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891) › c6.103 # The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c6.103 The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c6.103 - **Language:** English ### [c6.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.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. - [Previous: c6.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.102) - [Next: c6.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.104) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.day-1891.c6.103) · Pramāṇa