Word origin · etymology
Sanskrit prāṇa-daśā, 'breath period'.
Rao names the sub-periods in sookshma dasas prana-antardasas, or prana dasas. Wiktionary glosses prāṇa 'breath, life' and analyses it as pra- with an. Why the fifth level carries this name is not stated in the source read.[1][3]
How we know · epistemology
Nested period arithmetic
The division is the same proportion applied once more and can be recomputed exactly. Rao names a sixth level, the deha dasha, and says the procedure goes on; the page stops at the prana dasha because a period of minutes depends wholly on the minute of birth. A convention of where to stop, not a finding.[1][2]
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The numbers in the text point to this list; it distinguishes a calculation convention, a historical teaching and an editorial example.