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According to Hindu thought, time travels in gigantic cycles. Time starts with the onset of creation, Sristi, and time stops with the end of creation, but, at the same time, dissolution, Pralaya, begins. It is like a circle, for a circle has no beginning or end! In the life of a person, however, the time of birth to the time of death is only a relative time span. In this respect, time is in linear form making a straight line. This linear human life span of time is minuscule, like a drop of water in the seven seas, when compared to the gigantic time circles. Nonetheless, this linear time is accepted as standard in the western world. Below are some parameters, units of time, for these gigantic time circles (see figure). Units of Time
The ancient Vedic sage, Maitreya, gave the table of time units as follows:
Therefore, Paramanu is the smallest unit of time which equals to 60750th of a second. The above time parameters are still used in Vedic Astronomy, Jyotis. Dr. Deen B Chandora
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