Dear Harry, A very interesting (though centennial) article about time is : Fleet, « *The Ancient Indian Water-Clock* », *JRAS* (April 1915), and more recently, you have : S.R.Sarma, « *The Bowl that Sinks and Tells Time* », *The Archaïc and the Exotic.* There are many datas about time in the *Vedāṅgajyotiṣa* and *Sūryaprajñapti*, of which exist many editions with explanations. But, of course, these are not exactly premodern...
Best regards, J.M.Delire Le sam. 3 mai 2025 à 13:46, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY < [email protected]> a écrit : > Dear list members, > I've been asked to confirm the meaning of *kalā* in the premodern Indian > system of time units. > According this wikipedia page > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_units_of_time > referring to the Sūrya Siddhānta, 1 kalā = 30 kāṣṭhā approximately > equal to 48 seconds but I've also been told that 1 kalā is about one > hour of the western time units. Can someone confirm the meaning of kalā > in the Indian system of time units . Was there more than one system of time > units in general use in premodern India? > Thanks, > Harry Spier > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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