India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c9.s5.t1.17
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c9.s5.t1.17
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c9.s5.t1.17
| 8 Yavas | = 1 Aṅgula | = ¾ in. |
| 12 Aṅgulas | = 1 *Dishṭi* or *Vitasti* | = 9 in. |
| 2 Vitastis | = 1 *Aratni* | = 1½ ft. |
| 42 Aṅgulas | = 1 *Kishku* | = 2′ 7½″ |
| 84 Aṅgulas | = 1 *Khāta Paurusha* | = 5 | 3 ft. |
| 216 Aṅgulas | = 1 *Hastī Āyāma* | = 13½ ft. |
| 192 Aṅgulas | = 1 Dāṇḍa = *Kāṇḍa* | = 12 ft. |
| 10 Daṇḍas | = 1 Rajju | = 40 yds. |