Jain Universe

Author(s): Pravin K Shah
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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