• དེའི་སྐད་ཅིག་མ།
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  • tatkṣaṇa
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  • དེའི་སྐད་ཅིག་མ།
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A measure of time defined as being the duration of one spin on a spinning wheel. A hundred twenty tatkṣaṇas make one kṣaṇa, which means that the duration of one tatkṣaṇa is thirteen milliseconds. Vasubandhu defines the terms kṣaṇa and tatkṣaṇa inversely in his Abhidharmakośa (III 88): one hundred twenty kṣaṇas make one tatkṣaṇa.