Samay
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One Samay is a unit of time representing the blink of an eye, or about a quarter of a second. An ordered set of these instants is known as an Avalia. It was the only basic unit of time in ancient Hindu mythology.
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[edit] Definition
It means 'time' in Indian languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Gujurati and others.
[edit] Samay in Music
Samay is a term used to loosely categorize ragas into times of days. Ragas are divided into prahaars whereby each raga has a specific period of the day when it is performed.
[edit] Samay the Film
Samay: When time strikes is a suspense movie from India, starring Sushmita Sen. 2004 the film wins a National Film Award for Best Editing.
