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4 mānakas1 10 setikās
6 yavas (without tuṣa) 24 angulas
4 pānis 20 dandakas
2 rajjus (samās'ri) 2000 dandas 4 kros'as
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12 māsas
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These tables may be compared with those given in the introduction on pp. XXXVII to XL. For further comparison, I may give here some of the tables from old works.
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1 Mānikā and mani are used on p. 78.
2 400 härikäs go by the very name. So says Simhatilaka on p. 2.
3 In Lilavati (v. 5) we have: 8 yavodaras 1 angula; and 10 dandas –
1 vams'a.
4 As regards hasta and its varieties, the reader may refer to "Inductive Metrology" or "The recovery of Ancient measurements from the monuments" (pp. 125-130) by W. M. Flinders Petrie.
5 See p. 79. On p. 73 we have the word kara.
6 See Upāsakadas'anga where its Prakrit equivalent niyattana occurs. See Dr. Hærnle's edn. (Biblotheca Indica, pp. 14 and 80).
7 The word gavyuti occurs on p. 80.
8 In this connection Simhatilaka mentions pravalaka. 9 The prana here referred to, is approximately equal to
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