vātāyana-rajas (13491)

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vātāyana-rajas
Entry 13491, Page 476, Col. 1
(vAtAyanarajas, vAtAyana-rajas)
vātāyana-rajas¦, LV 149.5; Divy 645.10; or vātā- yana-chidra-rajas, Mvy 8197, a small particle, used as a measure; = Tib. (LV and Mvy) ñi zer gyi rdul, sunbeam- speck, prob. a speck of dust seen thru or in a (hole, chidra, [Page476-b+ 71] in a) window; in LV = 7 truṭi, one-seventh of a śaśarajas; in Divy (text corrupt) the smallest unit, one-seventh of śaśaka-rajas; in Mvy a larger unit, placed between go-rajas and likṣā.