Muhutta (m. & nt.) [Vedic muhūrta, fr. muhur suddenly] a moment, a very short period of time, an inkling, as we should say "a second." -- Its duration may be seen from descending series of time -- connotations at PvA 198 (under jātakamma, prophesy by astrologers at the birth of a child): rāsi, nakkhatta, tithi, m.; and from defn at Nd2 516 by "khaṇaŋ, layaŋ, vassaŋ, atthaŋ." <-> Usually in oblique cases: muhuttena in a short time, in a twinkling of an eye PvA 55;muhuttaŋ (acc.) a moment, even a second Sn 1138 (m. api); Dh 65 (id.), 106; PvA 43.