India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c9.s5.t1.8
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c9.s5.t1.8
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c9.s5.t1.8
(i) 5′ 3″=84 *aṅgulas*=1 *vyāma*=1 *khāta purusha*, for measuring ropes, moats and depths;
(ii) 6′=96 *aṅgulas*=4 *aratni*=1 *purusha*, being the standard height of a man, probably to measure recruits for the army;
(iii) 6′ 9″=108 *aṅgulas*=4½ aratni=1 *purusha* measure, for sacrificial altars.