India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c9.s5.t1.9

c9.s5.t1.9

Thus a moat of 2 *purusha* measures was 10½ ft. in depth and of 3 *purushas* 15¾ ft. According to Baudhāyana the *purusha* measure or altars was slightly bigger: *Pañchāratniḥ purusho vyāmaścha* (*Baudh.* S. XXX. 1. p. 389)), *i.e.* a *purusha* or *vyāma* is equal to 5 *aratnis* or 7½ ft. (cf. also *Padamañjarī* on IV. 1. 24, *Pañchāratniḥ purusha iti Śulva-vidaḥ*).