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Wylie mtho
Wylie Definition 'span.' the distance from the extended thumb to the tip of the middle finger, = cha chen. Jackson. Vitali, Tho.ling 66. The bde bar gshegs pa'i mtho gang, 'span of the TathAgata' is a measurement equivalent to 1 and 1 half cubits of a medium sized man, in vinaya terminology (this acc. to Dalai Lama XIV, Advice from Buddha Shakyamuni; Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Sisters in Solitude, p. 160, says it is equivalent to 1 foot and 2 inches). BA 624. Stein.
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