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dpag tshad
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[yojana]/\nA. According to the Abhidharma tradition it is a measurement of length equal to eight krosa (see {gyang grags}), equal to 500 armspans.\nB. According to the [kālacakra] measurement, four fingernails long becomes a cubit (see {khru}), four cubits equals an armspan, two thousand armspans equals one gyang-dak (see {rgyang grags}), and four gyang-dak equals one yojana (see {dpag tsad}).
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