India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c9.s5.t1.11

India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c9.s5.t1.11

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c9.s5.t1.11

Kauṭilya, refers to the *hastī* measure twice, and at both places the length of the animal (*hastyāyāma*) is taken and not its height (p. 136). It shows that in general practice the *hastī* measure was based on the length of the animal, which was 9 *aratnis*=13½ ft.

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Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit