History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.31

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There were certain philosophers who held that Time is either past or future and denied that there is present time (*vartamāna*). The Nyāyasūtra refutes this view and holds that time is either past, present or future (II. 1. 39-43) From Patañjali's⁶⁶⁵ Mahābhāṣya it appears that even in his day there were philosophers that held that there was no time called present and that those people quoted certain verses in support.