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Direction is given with regard to the use of the cubits of different lengths and other measures (54—58): conveyances and bedsteads etc. are stated to be measured in the cubit of 24 aṅgulas, buildings in general (vimānas) in the cubit of 25 aṅgulas, the ground or land (vāstu) in the cubit of 26 aṅgulas, and the villages etc. in the cubit of 27 aṅgulas. The cubit of 24 aṅgulas can, however, be employed, as stated in measuring all these objects.