Word origin · etymology
Sanskrit transliteration: daśā.
Daśā means condition, stage, or period of life. It is distinct from daśa, ten; the long final vowel matters.
How we know · epistemology
Traditional time allocation
A named system assigns periods by explicit rules rather than observing a physical planetary influence switching on. Comparisons require the same initialization and duration conventions; interpretations of those periods remain claims beyond the calendar arithmetic.
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