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APPENDIX II
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30 muhūrtas = I divasa'. In Lalitavistara (p. 168)a linear measures are noted as under:
7 paramāņuraja = I renu » renus
= ,, truti „, trutis
» vātāyanaraja „, vātāyanarajas » s'as'araja „ s'as'arajas
, edakaraja » eďakarajas
» goraja » gorajas
„ likşāraja » likṣārajas
» sarsapa » sarsapas
» yava: » yavas
» angulīparvan 12 anguliparvans
„ vitasti 2 vitastis
„ hasta 4 hastas
= , dhanusya 1000 dhanusyas
= » kros'a 4 kros'as
= , yojana. Kautilya's Arthas'āstra (II. 18. 17) furnishes us with weights and measures as under :
10 dhānyamāşas = I suvarnamāşaka 5 guñjās 16 suvarnamāşakas = ,, karşa or suvarna 4 karsas
, pala 80 gaurasarsapas
rūpyamāsaka 16 rūpyamāşakas = » dharana 20 s'aiblyas
» tandulas = , vajradharaņa. In Abhidhānappadipikā, some of the weights and measures are mentioned. The pertinent verses given on pp. 70-71 are as under:
1 Ārhatadars'anadāpikā (pp. 587-589) may be consulted.
2 This page refers to R. Mitra's edition, Calcutta, 1877. Cf. Datta and Singh, l. c., p. 187.
3-4 These are translated as 'breadth of barley' and 'breadth of finger respectively by Datta and Singh, l. c., p. 187.
5 From this it can be seen that a paramanu = 1.3 x 7-10 inches,
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