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[hasta]/ Cubit.\n1. The length measuring from the elbow to the main joints of the little finger with the hand in a fist or the length of measurement from the elbow to the tip of middle finger. The former is called the short cubit and the latter the full-length cubit.\n2. According to Vinaya, dividing one's body into seven equal proportions, a cubit equals the length covered within two parts of the whole.
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