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A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.255

A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v2.c34.255

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v2.c34.255

The above measures were in use among the astronomers, but the physicists computed according to the following table given both in Udayana's Kiranávali and S'ridhara's Nyáyakandali :—30 Muhúrtas = 1 day (24 hours), 30 Kalás = 1 Muhúrta, 30 Kásthás = 1 Kalá, 18 Nimeshas = 1 Kásthá, 2 Lavas = 1 Nimesha, 2 Kshanas = 1 Lava.