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(12) Aratni, cubit. According to the *Sulvasūtra* 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.