104- ON INDIAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



In another place the fame fur ana notices two mea- 

 fures, one of which is often mentioned in rituals : 



21 breadths of the middle of the thumb = i retni. 



10 ditto - - = i pradefya> or 



fpan, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of 



the fore-finger. 



But, according to the Calpateru, it mould be ten 

 breadths of the thumb and a half. And we learn from 

 the Aditya purdna^ that, according to Vya'sa, it 

 fhould be meafured by the breadth of the thumb at 

 the tip. The fame pur ana makes two retnis (or 42 

 thumbs) equal to one cijhu: but Ha'ri'ta compares 

 the cijhu to the cubit, four of which it contains, ac- 

 cording to his ftatement: and four cijhus make one 

 nalwa. Here again the Aditya purdna differs, mak- 

 ing the nalwa to contain thirty dhanujh. It concurs 

 with authorities above cited, in the meafures of the 

 cubits- den da and ndd\ ; the firft containing twenty- 

 four fingers ; the fecond ninety -fix fingers ; and the 

 nad\ two dendas. 



The fame purdna notices the larger meafures of dis- 

 tance. 



2000 dhanujh = 1 crofai 



1 crbjas = gavyutu 



8000 dhanujh ==? gavyutis = 1 ybjana. 



On one reading of the Vishnu purdna^ the crofa con- 

 tains only one thoufand dhanujh. Accordingly Go'pa'la 

 Bhatta' quotes a text, which acquaints us that w Tra- 

 " vellers to foreign countries compute they 6j an a at four 

 <c thoufand dhanujh :" but he adduces another text, 

 which ftatcs the meafures of the crofa> gavyuti, and 

 yojana, as. they are given in the Adity a purdna. The 

 Lildvafi confirms this computation. 



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