The terms A.M. and P.M. have a Sanskrit connotation and not English as is easily assumed.
A.M. and P.M.
The terms A.M. and P.M. have a Sanskrit connotation and not English as is easily assumed.
In English parlance the term A.M. means ‘ante-meridian’ and P.M. means ‘post-meridian’. But the question remains who is ante-meridian and post-meridian? That is to say the subject himself is missing. The ‘Sun’ who is vital to the calculation remains un-mentioned. This is unthinkable and unjustifiable.
That lacuna arises because it is not realized that the letters A.M. and P.M. are the initials of the hoary Sanskrit expressions (आरोहणम् मार्तडस्य्) Arohanam Martandasaya (i.e. the climbing of the sun) and (पतनम् मार्तडस्य्)Patanam Martandasaya (i.e. the falling of the sun).
The terms A.M. and P.M. have a Sanskrit connotation and not English as is easily assumed.
In English parlance the term A.M. means ‘ante-meridian’ and P.M. means ‘post-meridian’. But the question remains who is ante-meridian and post-meridian? That is to say the subject himself is missing. The ‘Sun’ who is vital to the calculation remains un-mentioned. This is unthinkable and unjustifiable.
That lacuna arises because it is not realized that the letters A.M. and P.M. are the initials of the hoary Sanskrit expressions (आरोहणम् मार्तडस्य्) Arohanam Martandasaya (i.e. the climbing of the sun) and (पतनम् मार्तडस्य्)Patanam Martandasaya (i.e. the falling of the sun).
Indeed ante- and post-meridiem are not ENG and have Latin etymology instead.
ReplyDeleteThe words Sanskrit/Hindi have for forenoon and afternoon are पूर्वान्ह and अपराह्न respectively.
Your theory of connecting Roman abbreviations AM/PM of Sanskrit phrases--आरोहणम् मार्तडस्य् and पतनम् मार्तडस्य् is nothing more than a concoction trying to find/spot analogues cross-cultures by an enthusiast--nothing more than that.
Even in popular Sanskrit सूर्योदय/सूर्यास्त are the actual phrases--not markandodaya/markandyaast.
आठ प्रहर के नाम : दिन के चार प्रहर- 1.पूर्वान्ह, 2.मध्यान्ह, 3.अपरान्ह और 4.सायंकाल। रात के चार प्रहर- 5. प्रदोष, 6.निशिथ, 7.त्रियामा एवं 8.उषा।
Deleteआठ प्रहर : एक प्रहर तीन घंटे का होता है। सूर्योदय के समय दिन का पहला प्रहर प्रारंभ होता है जिसे पूर्वान्ह कहा जाता है। दिन का दूसरा प्रहर जब सूरज सिर पर आ जाता है तब तक रहता है जिसे मध्याह्न कहते हैं।
इसके बाद अपरान्ह (दोपहर बाद) का समय शुरू होता है, जो लगभग 4 बजे तक चलता है। 4 बजे बाद दिन अस्त तक सायंकाल चलता है। फिर क्रमश: प्रदोष, निशिथ एवं उषा काल।
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ReplyDeleteante-meridiem - before the meridiem..what is the meridiem? - from Latin meridies (mid-day)... 12 noon was generally taken as the mid-day in a 24 hour clock. Hence, the terms ante and post --- the sun is very much there because meridiem means mid-day.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, the (proper) opposite of "आरोहण" in संस्कृत is "अवरोहण" and not "पतनम्"--this is complete concoction and tantamounts to a dessperate attempt towards adulteration of facts/truth 😃
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why people cannot be forward thinking and have to resort to downward spiralling/quibbling over semantics such as this😃
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