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Divisions of Time

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Narayana gives the divisions of time from the minutest, namely the Lava to the duration of Brahma's life (or a period of 36,000 days and nights, each of 8,640,000,000 human years duration). The units of time are as follows:

  • 1 Lava = the time it takes to pierce the film on a lotus leaf with a needle.
  • 30 Lavas = 1 Truti.

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Submitted by webdev on Sun, 2006-11-12 22:24.