Description of the dissolution of the Universe (a) - Verse 219
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 219
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Sanskrit Original
समाहनि च रात्रौ च मुहूर्त्ता वै द्विनालिकाः। रवेर्गतिविशेषेण सर्वेष्वेतेषु नित्यशः।।
samāhani ca rātrau ca muhūrttā vai dvinālikāḥ| ravergativiśeṣeṇa sarveṣveteṣu nityaśaḥ||
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Sūta said: Four Prasthas filled with water make one (?) Nālikoccaya. It contains four holes totally extending to four Aṅgulas. Each hole is as big as a Māṣa of gold (?) During, the days when day and night are of equal duration two Nālikas (a period of twenty-four minutes) make one Muhūrta. This calculation is always in accordance with the peculiar movement of the Sun.