Elements of Hindu Iconography v3.c21.24

v3.c21.24

Besides the smaller unit known as the dēhāṅgula there are other larger relative units of length, which are called Prādēśa, Tāla, Vitasti and *Gōkarṇa*. The distance between the tips of the thumb and the forefinger, when they are stretched out to the utmost, is called a *prādēśa*; that between the tips of the thumb and the middle finger, when they are also so stretched out, is called the *tāla*; that between the tips of the stretched out thumb and ring-finger is known as the *vitasti*; and that between the stretched out thumb and little-finger is called the *gōkarṇa*.