Water Clock and Steelyard in the Jyotiṣkaraṇḍaka

Saṃkhyā-jñāna, the science of numbers, plays an important role in Jainism which seeks to comprehend the universe numerically. Kāla-jñāna or kāla-vibhāga is an important part of saṃkhyā-jñāna, for time too has to be comprehended in numbers. The Jainas measured time conceptually in microscopic units a...

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Main Author: Rajeswara Sarma, Sreeramula 1937- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2018
In: International Journal of Jaina Studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-49
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