Thread by @Vyasonmukh

How to understand "clock timing" in #Sanskrit ? A short thread 👇

Let us start with few basic words -

• O'clock = वादनम्

• Numbers = एक, द्वि, त्रि, चतुर् , पञ्च, षट् , सप्त, अष्ट, नव, दश, एकादश, द्वादश (1 to 12)

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So,
• 1 o'clock = एक-वादनम् ।
• 2 o'clock = द्वि-वादनम् ।
...
• 12 o'clock = द्वादश-वादनम् ।

Simple. Isn't it ?

3/n
Now,
how to understand 2.15, 3.30, 4.45 and so on ? Again, two basic words -

• पाद = 15 minutes
(सपाद = +15 min. & पादोन = -15 mts)
• सार्ध = 30 minutes

So,
2:15 = सपाद-द्वि-वादनम्
3:30 = सार्ध-त्रि-वादनम्
4:45 = पादोन-पञ्च-वादनम्
... Go on like this.

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Now further more ...

• 6:10 = दशाधिक-षड्वादनम् (10 more than 6)

• 7:22 = अष्टोन-सार्ध-सप्त-वादनम् (8 less than 7:30)

• 11:55 = पञ्चोन-द्वादश-वादनम् (5 less than 12)

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With the given words above, one can understand clock timings in Sanskrit.

Sanskrit explanation given above are only ref., One can understand them using different combinations of given or other such words too.

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