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(12) “Aratni, cubit”. According to the *Śulvasūtra* of Baudhāyana (Fleet. J. R. A. S., 1912,231, 2), this measure is equal to 24 aṅgulas or ‘finger-breadths’. The *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa* (x. 2,1,3) also mentions 24 aṅgulas or ‘finger-breadths’ as a measure, but without reference to the aratni (see below), cf. Eggeling, *Sacred Books of the East*, 43, 300, n.3.”.