History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.97

v2.c23.97

⁴⁸⁵ प्राचीनलवणे उदीचीनप्रवणे प्रागुदक्प्रवणे समे वा देशे उद्धृत्यावोक्ष्य ...। हिरण्य. गृ. I. 1. 9. अपरार्क quotes (p. 905) a smṛti that a *vitasti* is equal to 12 aṅgulas and aratni is equal to two vitastis, while हेमाद्रि (व्रतखण्ड part 1 p. 51) quotes from the Ādityapurāṇa a passage where an aratni is said to be equal to 21 aṅgulas. In कात्यायनश्रौत 16. 8. 21 the height of a man is given as five aratnis.