Dr. Samani Chaitanya Pragya
The Bh.S[102] and the other canons[103] mention the conventional measurements of time starting from the smallest to the largest unit of time for the purpose of human activities They are as follows:—
Table No. 3 Minimum self-raised time unit = 1 samaya Minimum self-raised innumerable time units = 1 Āvalikā Numerable or 44462458/3773 Āvalikās = 1 pulse beat (inhalationexhalation) 7 Pulse beats = 1 stoka 7 stokas = 1 lava 77 Lavas or 3773 inhalations = 1 muhūrta 30 muhūrtas = 1 day and night 15 days and nights = 1 fortnight (pakṣa) 2 fortnights = 1 month or solar (māsa) 2 months = 1 season (ṛtu) 3 seasons = 1 ayana (solstice) 2 ayanas = 1 year (saṁvatsara) 5 years = 1 yuga (aeon) 20 yugas = 1 hundred years or century 10 hundred years = 1 thousand years or millenium 100 thousand years = 1 hundred thousand years or 100,000 years 8,400,000 years = 1 pūrvāṅga 8,400,000 pūrvāṅgas = 1 pūrva 8,400,000 pūrvās = 1 truṭitāṅg 8,400,000 truṭitāṅgas = 1 truṭita 8,400,000 truṭitās = 1 aṭaṭāṅga 8,400,000 aṭaṭāṅgas = 1 aṭaṭa 8,400,000 aṭaṭas = 1 avavāṅga 8,400,000 avavāṅgas = 1 avava 8,400,000 avavas = 1 huhukāṅga 8,400,000 huhukāṅgas = 1 huhuka 8,400,000 huhukas = 1 utpalāṅga 8,400,000 utpalāṅgas = 1 utpala 8,400,000 utpalas = 1 padmāṅga 8,400,000 padmāṅgas = 1 padma 8,400,000padmas = 1 nalināṅga 8,400,000 nalināṅgas = 1 nalina 8,400,000 nalinas = 1 arthanipurāṅga 8,400,000 arthanipurāṅgas = 1 arthanipura 8,400,000 arthanipuras = 1 ayutāṅga 8,400,000 ayutāṅgas = 1 ayuta 8,400,000 ayutas = 1 nayutāṅga 8,400,000 nayutāṅgas = 1 nayuta 8,400,000 nayutas = 1 prayutāṅga 8,400,000 prayutāṅgas = 1 prayuta 8,400,000 prayutas = 1 cūlikāṅga 8,400,000 cūlikāṅgas = 1 cūlika 8,400,000 cūlikās = 1 śirṣaprahelikāṅga 8,400,000 śīrṣaprahelikāṅgas = 1 śīrṣaprahelikā Innumerable Years = 1 palyopama 10 crore-crore palyopama = 1 sāgara 20 crore-crore sāgara = 1 kālacakra (1 Avasarpiṇi-utsarpiṇi) Infinite ascending and descending cycle = 1 pudgalaparāvartana
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