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cubit

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
काकिणी - kAkiNI -
f.
- cubit
अरत्नि - aratni -
m.
- a cubit [ about 18 inches ]
एकारत्नि - ekAratni -
adj.
- one cubit long
द्वादशारत्नि - dvAdazAratni -
adj.
- 12 cubits long
हस्तमात्र - hastamAtra - cubit in length
एकादशारत्नि - ekAdazAratni -
adj.
- eleven cubits long
सप्तहस्त - saptahasta -
adj.
- measuring 7 cubits
धनुर्वृक्ष - dhanurvRkSa -
m.
- measure of 4 cubits
सप्तदशारत्नि - saptadazAratni -
adj.
- 17 cubits or ells in length
धनु - dhanu -
m.
- measure of 4 hastas or cubits
अङ्गुल - aGgula -
m.
- and twenty-four a hasta or cubit
धनुःशत - dhanuHzata -
n.
- 100 dhanus or 400 hastas or cubits
सुधन्व - sudhanva -
m.
- 8th cubit from the bottom or the 10th from the top of the sacrificial post
रथगरुत - rathagaruta -
m.
- ninth cubit from the bottom or the eleventh from the top of a sacrificial post
सौम्य - saumya -
m.
- fifteenth cubit from the bottom or the third from the top of the sacrificial post
स्वरुमोचन - svarumocana -
m.
- third cubit from the bottom or the fifteenth from the top of the sacrificial post
Monier Williams
English
CUBIT,
s.
अरत्निः
m.
, रत्निः
m.
, हस्तः, काकिणी
f.
, किष्कुः
m.
f.
, त्रिपुटः.
Borooah
English
CUBIT:
(1) हस्तः,
five c. s in length:
पञ्चहस्तदीर्घ (f.
र्घा)
(2) किष्कुः,
D.
Raghuvira
English
English:
cubit
हस्त m., हाथ