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Measure of Length in Bhag. discussed them as described in ADS. avati and other Jaina Canons Accordingly, these have three varieties
The Jainà canons like B, ADS (i) self measure, (ii)utsedha measure SK, TP, RV, TS, JDP and others and (iii) pramana measure. These are written between 100 BC to 12th cene utilised in measuring lengths of ditury AD contain descriptions about fferent types and extensions shown in length measures. Muni Mahendraku- Table IV-All the above canons have marji-11!4 and Lishk et el 16 have these three
Table IV-Uses of Different Length Measures Name Unit Equivalence Uses 1. Utsedha Utsedhangula, UA
Measurement of heights
of bodies and idols 2. Self or, Atmangula, AA 2UAB
Measurement of utility Atma
and useful small things 3. Pramana Pramanangula, PA 500/1000 Measurement of islands,
PUA
oceans, cities, solar
system etc. types of measures. A critical and rent conditions and hence not taken comparative study of these measures as standard. will be presented here which are (iv) One atmangula unit is canonica summarised in Table V, resulting in lly equal to 2 Ua.16 the following facts : .
(v) The angula unit is 1 dimensional (i) All scholars have accepted the as per JDP which is also known as: seven measure units from angula, A, Sucvanoula? 17 yojana, Y, as the practical units. (ii)
(vi) One UY' (utsedha yojana) has All agree upon angula as the practi 7,68,000 angulas Taking this as the cal unit of length. The category of last unit, and assuming it as equal this unit determines the value of Y.
to 4 K (kosas) or 8' miles (1 mile The basic A has been taken as UA.
-1.66 kms-1,66,000 cms), 1 UA (iii) The standard unit of armangula
comes out to be equal to 13,28000/ is the finger tip of a standard healthy person with a height of 84 self 7;68,000–1.73 cms. Datta and Singh 18 angulas 10 The human heights of 120 have shown that 1 Anguliparva of 108 or 96 A depend upon the diffe- Buddhist measure is equivalent to
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