[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v2.c23.97 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.97 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.97 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c23.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.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. - [Previous: v2.c23.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.96) - [Next: v2.c23.98](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.98) - [Up: v2.c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23) ## Cites (4) - [Kātyāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.katyayana-school.katyayana.16.8.21) — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit - [Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.hiranyakesi) — Hiraṇyakeśin, Sanskrit - [Ādityapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.aditya) — Sanskrit - [Hemādri](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.hemadri) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.97) · Pramāṇa