A previously uncataloged manuscript has been discovered in a hidden chamber beneath an ancient library in Ujjain. Titled Samaya-Vimarsha-Naya (Critique of the Models of Time), this 10th-century work offers a radical departure from the standard Vaisheshika school's views on time. The author, an anonymous logician, proposes a theory of "relative temporal flow," where the velocity of time is perceived as a function of the observer's ethical intensity and mental clarity.
The manuscript provides complex arguments suggesting that for a mind perfectly aligned with Satya (truth), time effectively ceases to be a linear constraint. This "Ujjain School" of temporal logic appears to have debated the nature of time as a subjective construct centuries before similar concepts appeared in other global traditions. The findings are set to be presented at an upcoming international conference on Indian logic and metaphysics.