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Yojan
Yojan and Rajlok Measurement
• 1 Danda or Bow
• 2000 Danda or Bow
• 4 Kosha
= 6 feet
= 1 Kosha
Another book gives different measurement
• 1 Dhanu
= 1 Yojan (@ 9.0 miles)
= 6 feet
= 1 Yojan (@4.5 miles) = 1 Mahayojan
• 4000 Dhanu
• 1000 Yojans
Rajlok or Rajju
-The distance traveled in six months by a ball of iron weighing 1,000 bhar (1000 tolas or 25 lb.) let fall freely from heaven (Indralok) or -A distance traveled by a deva (heavenly being) in six months at a rate of 2,057,152 Yojan in one Samay (Samay = unit of time = @1/4 second)
= @1.15 x 10E21 miles
