Samayā
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Samaya (Template:Langx)[1] or Samayam (Template:Langx)[2] is a Sanskrit term referring to the "appointed or proper time, [the] right moment for doing anything."[3] In Indian languages, samayam, or samay in Indo-Aryan languages, is a unit of time.
Meaning
In contemporary usage, samayam means time in Dravidian languages such as Kannada, Malayalam, and Tamil,[4] and Script error: No such module "Lang". in Indo-Aryan languages such as Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati.
Jainism
Meaning
Samaya represents the most infinitesimal part of time that cannot be divided further.[5] The blink of an eye, or about a quarter of a second, has innumerable samaya in it. For all practical purposes a second happens to be the finest measurement of time. Jainism, however, recognizes a very small measurement of time known as samaya, which is an infinitely small part of a second.
Measurements
The following are measures of time as adopted by Jainism:
- indivisible time = 1 samaya
- innumerable samaya = 1 Script error: No such module "Lang".
- 16,777,216 Script error: No such module "Lang". = 1 Script error: No such module "Lang".
- 30 Script error: No such module "Lang". = 1 day and night
- 15 days and nights = 1 Script error: No such module "Lang". (fortnight)
- 2 Script error: No such module "Lang". = 1 month
- 12 months = 1 year
- innumerable years = 1 Script error: No such module "Lang".
- 10 million million Script error: No such module "Lang". = 1 Script error: No such module "Lang".
- 10 million million Script error: No such module "Lang". = l Script error: No such module "Lang". or 1 Script error: No such module "Lang".
- 1 Script error: No such module "Lang". + Script error: No such module "Lang". = 1 Script error: No such module "Lang". (one time cycle)
Example
When an Arihant reaches the stage of moksha (liberation), the soul travels to the Siddhashila (highest realm in universe) in one Script error: No such module "Lang"..
Hinduism
Script error: No such module "Lang". is the basic unit of time in Hindu mythology. It is stated to be an epithet of Shiva in the Agni Purana.[6]
Other uses
The samayachakra is the great chariot wheel of time which turns relentlessly forward.
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In Gandharva-Veda the day is divided into three-hour-long intervals: 4–7Template:Nbspa.m., 7–10Template:Nbspa.m., etc. The time concept in Gandharva-Veda is more strictly adhered to than it would be, for example, in Carnatic music.