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(c) the Mātra or Mātrāṅgula means the finger-breadth of the master or architect but it is also used as one of the equal parts into which the height of the master or a structure is divided; and
(d) the Mānāṅgula is the Aṅgula proper; this is the standard measurement equal to about three-fourths of an inch. But in use there appears to be no more distinction made between these different kinds of Aṅgula than between the words Aṁśa, Mātra, and Aṅgula themselves.