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Sanatan Dharma

सनातन धर्म — Hindu Scripture Knowledge Base

Book 2 Chapter XX Paragraph 4

Wikisource / R. Shamasastry (1915) · Book 2 - The Duties of Government Superintendents / Chapter XX · Verse Paragraph 4

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1 garhapatya dhanus (i.e., a measure used by carpenters called grihapati). This measure is used in measuring roads and fort-walls. The same (108 angulas) are equal to 1 paurusha, a measure used in building sacrificial altars. 6 kamsas or 192 angulas are equal to 1 danda, used in measuring such lands as are gifted to Bráhmans. 10 dandas are equal to