Contributed articles.

The volume is a comprehensive collection of papers dealing with the philosophical, religious/spiritual and linguistic aspects of time, and time as understood in Indian art, music and other aspects of culture. Scholars explore themes such as the notion of beginning of time in cosmology, theology and philosophy, time as interpreted by the Indian philosophical systems, use of the notion of time by Bhartrihari, and concepts of time as interpreted by Indian poets. They examine time as experienced in the seasonal, ritual cycles of Indian social, cultural and physical life, use of tala and laya in north Indian music, interpretation of time in the Ragamala painting tradition, perception of time in Indian architecture, and in Indian popular culture.

Does time have a beginning? Some inter-systemic and general reflections / P.K. Mukhopadhyay -- Time and its knowledge / Sukha Ranjan Saha -- Time as power: a brief survey of Bhartrphari's metaphysics: the notion of time in Kalasamuddesa / Tandra Patnaik -- Time in language / G.P. Panda -- Time in the spiritual traditions of India / Niranjan Mohanty -- Time in Indian tradition: a note on the Mahabharata / Binda Paranjape -- Time as history, as myth / H.S. Komalesha & Jason A. Manjaly -- Time in North Indian music / Sushil Kumar Saxena -- Time: representation in form / Bimalaprasad Mohapatra -- Time and the Ragamala painting tradition / Priyadarshi Patnaik -- Time and architecture: dialogues: the Indian perspective / Joy Sen & Joydeep Dutta -- Time in Indian popular culture / Amrita Basu.