Mana

system of measurement
to measure
planetary distance
inter-nation distance
inter-city distance
colony
house
room
furniture
idol
gold-icon etc.,
jems
atom to yojan etc,
system of measurement
8 atom= 1 cardust
The paramanu or atom is the smallest unit of measurement.
8 (paramanu = 1 rathadhuli (lit, car-dust).
8 rathadhulis = 1 baldgra (lit. hair's end).
8 balagras = 1 liksha (lit. a nit).
8 likshas = 1 yuka (lit. a louse).
8 yukas = 1 yava (lit. a barley corn).
8 yavas = 1 angula (lit. finger's breadth).
12 Angulas = 1 vitasti (span)
2 vitasti = 24 angulas = 1 hasta (cubit)
25 Angulas = 1 prajapatya (hasta)
26 Angulas = 1 dhanurmusti (hasta)
27 Angulas = 1 dhanurgruha (hasta)
28 Angulas = 1 prachya (hasta)
29 Angulas = 1 vaideha (hasta)
4 hasta = 1 danda
8 danda = 1 rajju (rope)
8000 danda = 1 yojan

number (counting)
Eka 1
dasa 10
shat 100
sahastra 1000
Ayut 10000
niyut 100000
prayut 1000000
Arbud 10000000
Anyarbud 100000000
vrund 1000000000
kharba 10000000000
nikharba 100000000000
sanku 1000000000000
padam 10000000000000
amburashi 100000000000000
madhya 1000000000000000
antya 10000000000000000
para 100000000000000000
apara 1000000000000000000
parardha 10000000000000000000
etc,

Time
nimesh
15 nimesh= 1 kashtha
30 kashtha= 1 kala
30 kala = 1 muhurta
30 muhurta= 1 aharnish
15 aharnish= 1 paksha
2 paksha= 1 masa (month)
2 masa (month)= 1 rutu (season)
3 rutu (season)= 1 ayan
2 ayan= varsha

uses
object unit
planetary distance yojan
inter-nation distance yojan
inter-city distance yojan, danda
colony danda
house hasta
room hasta & Angula
furniture hasta & angula
idol Angula
gold-icon etc., yava, tila and other finer units
jems tila and other finer units

Adv.- made according to personal requirement.

(to check Ayadi, again to suit perticular person (for house etc,)

Hasta-lakshan
1 hasta= 24 Angula
wood, gold etc,
making process 1, 1.5 or 2 angula, 60 pratipal= 1 vikal
60 vikal= 1 pala
how to hold hasta 60 pala=1 ghati
result of mishandling 24 minute= 1 ghati
2.5 pala= 1 minute
2.5 pala= 1 sec etc,
samvatsar, manvantar, yuga,
Tala-mana- for iconography
danda (pillar topmost dimension)-relative dimension of building.
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Text

(1) vastu-shastra vol. 1

by Dr. D.N. Shukla
published by Munishiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. New
Delhi

(2) Vastu-vidya-praveshika
by Dr. Bala gopal T.S. Prabhu & Dr. A. Achyuthan
Vastu-vidya-pratisthanam calicat

(3) Design in Vastu vidya

by Dr. Bala gopal T.S. Prabhu & Dr. A. Achyuthan
Vastu-vidya-pratisthanam calicat

original text:-
samrangansutradhara (sanskrut & Hindi)
mayamata (sanskrut, English & Hindi)
mansar (sanskrut, English & Hindi)
vishwakarmaprakash (sanskrut, Hindi)
kashyapshilp (sanskrut, Marathi & Hindi)
manushyalaya-chandrika (sanskrut, English & Hindi)
rajvallabha (sanskrut, Gujrati & Hindi)
etc,.

publishers:-

motilal banarsidas, new delhi

khemraj, bombay
sthapatyaved sikshan & shoda santhan, Indore