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Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v1.c6.418

Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v1.c6.418

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(2) A measure equal to the fist with fully stretched fingers (Suprabhedāgama, xxx. 24, see under ‘Aṅgula’). According to this Āgama (ibid. v. 25) and the Mānasāra (II. 49) a meaure of 24 aṅgulas is called Kishku (hasta). “This word (aratni), which primarily means ‘elbow’, occurs frequently from the Ṛigveda onwards. (R. V. VIII. 80, 8; A. V. xix. 57, 6; Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, VIII. 5; Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, VI. 3, 1, 33, etc.) as denoting a measure of length (ell or cubit), the distance from the elbow to the tip of the hand. The exact length nowhere appears from the early texts.” (Macdonell and Keith, Vedic Index 1, 34). Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa also VII. 1, 2, 6. Kauśika-Sūtra, 85 (Pet. Dict) : Bāhur vā aratniḥ |

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