Aspect of Jainology Part 2 Pandita Bechardas Doshi

Author(s): M A Dhaky, Sagarmal Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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Units of Length in Jaina Canons
the above statement.
The calculations based on values of Lishk et el are most discordant. Table VI will confuse one to decide the truth or accuracy of the Table VI. Some Calculations Based on Various Values of UA
1.90
15.09
100/11
Values of UA, cm.
UY (a) km. (b) miles
PY (500 UA), km.
miles
PY (1000 UA), km.
miles.
Size of Atom, cm Lord's body height, cm. Velocity of Light, UY (a) cm./sec (b) miles/sec Distance of Moon, PY (880 PY), lac miles
1.70
13.28
8.00
1-d units
1. Ubasannasanna or the
first smallest unit
6640
4000
13280
8000
1.75x10285.6
2.34 x 1010 1,40,930
35.20
32.00
7545
4545
2. Trutirenu or Practical atom
3. SA or UA, cm.
4. AA
15090
9090
1.94 x 10-8 319.2
3.10 x 8010
1,87,300
39.95
1.07
8.30
5.00
4150
2500
1.09 × 10-8
178
8300
5000
10-10 cm.
1.46 × 1010
88080
22.00
0.001
0.085
0.051
36.36
22.00
Distance of Sun, PY (800 PY), Lac miles 0,204 fact. It is worth consideration which of these values may be taken as applicable in all cases. Lord Mahavira must have given one value for it. How and when this variety and values of Angula started-is a problem for further research. One of the reasons for this might be the personal or literary communication gap between the scholars of different periods. This gap has vanished in this century and it is the best time for uniformity in units and their values.
10-8 cm.
0.001, 1.07, 1.70, 1.90 2 UA
42.33
25.55
84.66
51.00
When areas or volumes are to be expressed, the 2-d or 3-d units are used. The 2-d and 3-d Angula units are known as Pratarangula (PrA) and Ghanangula (GA) respectively. Their values are equal to the square and cube of the Angula unit. They are shown in Table VII.
Table VII. Current Values of Length Units in Jaina Canons Unit
Current Values
115
1.00 x 10-10 0.168
1.49 × 10
898.5
0.398