Word origin · etymology
Sanskrit transliteration: karaṇa.
Karaṇa has meanings including doing, making, and instrument. Half a tithi is a specialized calendrical sense of the word.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary: karaṇa (University of Hyderabad) ↗
How we know · epistemology
Phase subdivision and naming rule
A six-degree phase interval determines the half-tithi, while a traditional sequence supplies its name. Correct naming requires the fixed entries as well as the repeating cycle; meanings assigned to those names are customary.
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