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heaven, or, more accurately, the half of that which is
above. Eor if the Hindus construct periods of time out
of Kalpas, the unit of this order is a day of God (i.e. a
half nychthemeron). And as we do not know any body
larger than heaven, half of it (pardrdha), as a half of
the greatest body, has been compared with a half of the
greatest day. By doubling it, by uniting night to day,
we get the luhole of the greatest day. There can be no
doubt that the name Pardrdha is accounted for in this
way, and that pardr means the whole of heaven.

The following are the names of the eighteen orders of The eight-

o                                                    "                                  een orders

numbers:—

1.   Ekarri.

2.   Dasaiii.

3.   S'atarh.

4.  Sahasrarh.

5.   Ayuta.

6.   Laksha.

7.   Prayuta.

8.   Koti.

9.   Nyarhuda.

I shall now mention  some of their differences of
opinion relating to this system.

Some Hindus maintain that there is a,  igth order Variations
beyond the Pardrdha, called Bhuri, and that this is the in the

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limit of rec/comng. But m reality rec/cojiing is unlimited ; orders.
it has only a technical limit, which is conventionally
adopted as the last of the orders of numbers. By the
word reckoning in the sentence above they seem to mean
nomenclature, as if they meant to say that the language
has no name for any reckoning beyond the 19th order.
It is known that the unit of this order, i.e. one bhuri, is
equal to one-fifth of the greatest day, but on this subject
they have no tradition. In their tradition there are
only traces of combinations of the greatest day, as we
shall hereafter explain. Therefore this 19th order
is an addition of an artificial and hyper-accurate
nature.
 


 

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een orders
of numera¬
tion.
 

10.
 

Padma.
 


 

II.
 

Kharva.
 


 

12.
 

Nikharva.
 


 

13-
14.
 

Mahdpadma.
H'anku.
 


 

15-
 

Samudra.
 


 

16.

17-
18.
 

Madhya.

Antya.

Pardrdha.