A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c6.13

c6.13

3-4 In *The Standard Sanskrit English Dictionary* by L. R. Vaidya, the meanings of these words are respectively given as “leg from the ankle to the knee” and “the thigh.” That a distinction is made between *jaṅghā* and *ūru* in Jaina works is borne out by *Samarāiccacariya* (vide the description of Aggisamma given in the 1st bhava).