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page 1011 note 1 This measure, occasionally perhaps called also paurusha, is not to be confused with a measure, called properly paurusha but sometimes purusha, which was the measure of a man standing up with his arms and hands stretched up over his head. The accepted length of the paurusha was 5 hasta = 120 aṅgula.
page 1012 note 1 Putting the case reversely, we see that the yōjana of 32,000 hasta was obtained by taking ¾ of this other yōjana. For that there was a good reason, in ancient custom, which will be explained in due course.
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