History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c40.s1.5
History of Chemistry in Ancient and Medieval India, Incorporating the History of Hindu Chemistry by Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray c40.s1.5
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This makes 1 *kshana* of the Nyaya-Vaisesika equal to 2/45 of a second. The Nyaya assumes that the unit of physical change (or the time occupied by any single antecedent step in a causal series before the succeeding step is ushered in) is equal to a *kshana* (2/45 of a second). The astronomers were familiar with far smaller measures of time.