Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
m. any instantaneous point of time, instant, twinkling of an eye, moment Nal.; S3ak.; Ragh. &c 324,3 58739 m. a moment regarded as a measure of time (equal to thirty Kala1s kalA s or four minutes L.; or (in astron.) to 48 minutes VarBr2S. &c; or 4 / 5 or 24 / 35 seconds BhP. iii, 11, 7 and 8) 324,3 58740 m. a leisure moment, vacant time, leisure (e.g. kṣaṇaṃ-kṛ, to have leisure for, wait patiently for MBh.; cf....