Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Prof. Barbara Grabowska of the South Asian Studies Deptt (University of Warsaw) asks me to ask you about the meaning of the phrase "twelve dandas". 

The phrase appears in the Rupram Cakravarti's Dharmamangal (XVII c.). The text says that if the sunrise will take place in the west, the God Dharma will start to be revered and receive sacrifices on this Earth. The hero of the Mangal prays for the sunrise to take place in the west at the twelfth danda. And people, thinking that the night is over, started their home chores. 

With highest regards, 

Artur Karp

Warsaw

Poland