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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Madhya 20.388
rātri-dine haya shashti-danda-parimāna
tina-sahasra chaya-śata 'pala' tāra māna
SYNONYMS
rātri-dine — during the whole day and night; haya — there is; shashti-danda — of sixty dandas (a measure of time); parimāna — duration; tina-sahasra — three thousand; chaya-śata — six hundred; pala — palas; tāra — of that; māna — measurement.
TRANSLATION
"According to Vedic astronomical calculations, the rotation of the sun consists of sixty dandas, and it is divided into thirty-six hundred palas.
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