Jain Agam Sahitya

Author(s): K R Chandra
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad

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A Quantitative...... Perception
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3. 8 Sannāsanna units = 1 Truţareņu (Reņu means a particle) 4. 8 Truţareņu units = 1 Trasareņu 5. 8 Trasareņu units = 1 Ratharenu (Ratha means a
charriot) 6. 8 Rathareņu units = 1 Uttama Bhogabhūmi Bālāgra
(Uttama means ' better, Bhoga means to enjoy, Bhūmi means land, Bālāgra means pointed part
of a hair) 7. 8 Uttama Bhogabhūmi = 1 Madhyama Bhogabhūmi Bālāgra Balāgra
(Madhyama means middle) 8. 8 Madhyama Bhoga- = 1 Jaghanya Bhogabhūmi Bālāgra bhūmi Bālāgra
(Jaghanya means intense) 9. 8 Jaghanya Bhogabhūmi = 1 Karma Bhūmi Bālāgra
Balagra
10. 8 Karma Bhūmi Balagra = 1 Likṣā (An insect found in hair) 11. 8 Likṣā units
= 1 Yükā 12. 8 Yükā units
= 1 Yava (Barley corn) 13. 8 Yava units
= 1 Angula (Finger breadth) 14. 6 Angula units
= 1 Pada 15. 2 Pāda units
= 1 Vitasti 16. 2 Vitasti units
= 1 Hasta (Forearm) 17. 2 Hasta units
= 1 Riku or Kisku 18. 2 Kisku units
= 1 Dhanus (Bow) 19. 1000 Dhanuş units = 1 Krosa 20. 4 Krośa units
= 1 Yojana
TABLE-II
Table for measurement of length in modern science
1. 10 Millimeter 2. 10 Centimeters 3. 10 Decimeter 4. 10 Meters 5. 10 Decameter 6. 10 Hectometers
= = = = = =
1 Centimeter 1 Decimeter 1 Meter 1 Decameter 1 Hectometer 1 Kilometer.