Shiva Purana

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जानुं प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य न द्रुतं न विलंबितम् ॥ अंगुलीस्फोटनं कुर्यात्सा मात्रेति प्रकीर्तिता ॥ ३१ ॥

sanskrit

Mātrā is the unit of time required for the snapping of the fingers after moving them round the knees neither speedily nor slowly.

english translation

jAnuM pradakSiNIkRtya na drutaM na vilaMbitam ॥ aMgulIsphoTanaM kuryAtsA mAtreti prakIrtitA ॥ 31 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/72/31

जानुं प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य न द्रुतं न विलंबितम् ॥ अंगुलीस्फोटनं कुर्यात्सा मात्रेति प्रकीर्तिता ॥ ३१ ॥

sanskrit

Mātrā is the unit of time required for the snapping of the fingers after moving them round the knees neither speedily nor slowly.

english translation

jAnuM pradakSiNIkRtya na drutaM na vilaMbitam ॥ aMgulIsphoTanaM kuryAtsA mAtreti prakIrtitA ॥ 31 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript