Time : Kala - The philosophy of Time from Ancient India
Wheel of the Konark Sun Temple Time : Kala “ Kalo asvo vahati saptarasmih sahasrakso ajaro bhuriretah . Tama ro hanti kavayo vipascitasya cakr bhuvanani visva” 1 “ Profilic , thousand-eyed, and undecaying , a horse with seven reins Time bears us onward. Sages inspired with holy knowledge mount him : his chariot wheels are all the worlds of creatures. ” 1 The genesis of defining Time in Ancient India evolved from the Vedas , notwithstanding , man since the beginning of the Universe must have wondered about the passage of time on seeing the movement of the sun and the moon . The philosophical debate of Time evolved around the world with Ancient India developing its ow n thought – its reality and no...