truti

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit त्रुटि (truṭi).

Noun

truti (plural trutis)

1. (Hinduism) A unit of time equal to about 30 microseconds.
   • 1897, Rāma Prasāda, The Science of Breath and the Philosophy of the Tattvas, page 80:

     At every moment of time — i.e., in every Truti — there are millions of Trutis — perfect organisms — in space. This may require some explanation. The units of time and space are the same — a Truti. Take any one Truti of time. It is well known […]

   • 1988, Kapila Vatsyayan, Bettina Bäumer, Kalātattvakośa: A Lexicon of Fundamental Concepts of the Indian Arts, Motilal Banarsidass Publishe, →ISBN, page 219:

     The Surya-Siddhanta (1.10-21) differentiates kala (time) primarily in two forms (i) murtakala (real time) and (ii) umurtakula (unreal time), taking prdna (4 seconds) and truti (atom) as the smallest units respectively, whereas Bhaskara II in his […]

   • 1987, S. S. Lishk, Jaina astronomy:

     (2 1-3),, we have 1 atom (truti ?) of time =6 paramanukalas (atom times) But from table (2.1-7), we have 1 truti =18 paramanukalas (atoms times), and 1 trasarenu =6 paramankalas (atoms times) Therefore it appears that an atom (truti ?) of time […]