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(15) ‘In some table the aratni is distinguished from the hasta, and is defined as measuring 21 aṅgulas. But the *Śulvasūtra* of Baudhāyana defines it as equal to 2 prādeśa, each of 12 aṅgulas, and so agrees in making it equal to 24 aṅgulas. In any case, our present point is that the *Kauṭilīya-Artha-śāstra* gives its value as 24 aṅgulas.’ (Fleet, *J.R.A.S.*, 1912, p. 231, notes 1, 2.)