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==History== | ==History== | ||
In the ancient [[Puranas]] | In the ancient [[Puranas]], the day is divided into eight ''praharas'': four for the day and four for the night.<ref>[[Bhagavata Purana]] (also known as ''Srimad Bhagavatam'') [http://vedabase.net/sb/3/11/10/en1 3.11.10] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721112026/http://vedabase.net/sb/3/11/10/en1 |date=2010-07-21 }}</ref> The concept still prevails today in [[India]], particularly in connection with the performance of [[Indian classical music]] (see below). | ||
==Timing== | ==Timing== | ||
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== Modern etymology and usage == | == Modern etymology and usage == | ||
The word commonly used in [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Nepal]] is | The word commonly used in [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Nepal]] is prahar ([[Hindi]]/[[Nepali language|Nepali]] प्रहर, [[Urdu]]پہر), more commonly pronounced {{transl|bn|italic=no|[[Paher|paher or peher]]}} and in [[West Bengal]] and [[Bangladesh]] is prohor ([[Bengali language|Bengali]] প্রহর) in Marathi it is pronounced as Prahar (प्रहर). In [[Hindi]] and [[Urdu]] the word for "afternoon" is ''dopahar'' (= two {{transl|hi|prahars}}).<ref>Henry M. Hoenigswald, ''Spoken Hindustani'', vol. 2, p. 403. Henry Holt (1945)</ref> In [[Bengali language|Bengali]] the corresponding word is ''dui-pôhor'' or more commonly ''dupur''. In Marathi, afternoon is Dupaar with same etymology as in Hindi. It is known as ''Paar'' in, [[Konkani language |Konkani]], where First Prahara is known as '' Faantya Paar'' (from Sanskrit, प्रातः प्रहर), and afternoon is known as ''Donpaar''. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||