Hasta (unit)

The hasta (Sanskrit: हस्त (hásta); Chinese: 肘 (pinyin: zhǒu)) is a traditional Indian unit of length, measured from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. It equals 24 aṅgulas orﾠ about 18 inches,[1] about 45 centimetres.

4 hastas make one dhanus,[2] and 400 hastas make one nalva. 8 hastas make one rajju.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Sanskrit-English Dictionary by Monier-Williams, (c) 1899
  2. ↑ Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). "dhanus". A Sanskrit-English dictionary : etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press.


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