You will read or hear most of these units of measurement while reading karnanuyog or Jain Mathematics. These are some of the common units used.
- 1 Angul ≈ 1.3 inch
- 1 Hath = 24 Angul = 24*1.3 inch = 18 inch = 1.5 feet
- 1 Dhanush = 4 Hath = 72 inch = 6 feet
- 1 Kosh = 2000 Dhanush = 2000 * 6 feet = 12000 feet ≈ 3.65 kms ≈ 2.2 miles
Example:
Height of Lord Bahubali was 525 Dhanush. Converting into feet :
Height of Lord Bahubali = 525 * 6 feet = 3150 feet
Yojan & its types:
It can be divided into two:
- Vyavhar Yojana
- Praman Yojana
Praman Yojana is 500 times of Vyavhar Yojana.
1 vyavhar yojana = 4 kosh = 8 miles ≈ 12.8 kms = 8000 dhanush = 32,000 hath = 7,68,000 Angul
1 praman yojana = 500 vyavhar yojana = 2,000 vyavhar kosh = 40,00,000 vyavhar dhanush = 1,60,00,000 vyavhar hath = 38,40,00,000 vyvhar angul
1 praman yojana = 4 praman kosh = 8,000 praman dhanush = 32,000 praman hath = 7,68,000 praman angul
- 1 praman kosh = 500 vyavhar kosh
- 1 praman hath = 500 vyavhar hath
- 1 praman angul = 500 vyavhar angul
- 1 praman dhanush = 500 vyavhar dhanush
- 1 praman yojana = 500 vyavhar yojana
What to measure via Vyavhar units?
- Height of the beings of four realms
- All unnaturally made creations
- Height of all naturally made idols
- Towns of heavenly beings
- Houses of heavenly beings
- Forests of heavenly beings
What to measure via Praman units?
- Apart from all the above mentioned, everything naturally made is measured in Praman.
- Area of seas and islands
- Area of three lok
- Mountains
- Lakes
- Trees
- Planes of celestial beings(moon, stars, etc..)
References:
https://forum.jinswara.com/t/topic/3428/2