Time : Kala - The philosophy of Time from Ancient India
Wheel of the Konark Sun Temple (My click) “ Kalo asvo vahati saptarasmih sahasrakso ajaro bhuriretah. Tama rohanti 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 own thought – its reality and non reality. It is not that the seers did not question the proof of its very existence which did lead to the question of what is the essence of time. Is it what the clock reads? Is it real and absolute or is it an ...