yojana?

Peter Masefield masefiel at zip.com.au
Mon Jun 2 02:47:09 UTC 1997


One yojana is equivalent to 4 gaavutas.  Some maintain that the gaavuta 
is strictly speaking the distance that can be covered by a team of oxen, 
the yojana (contra PED) that which can be covered by a team of 
horses--see my Vimana Stories, Pali Text Society, 1989, p 356 n 79.

Peter Masefield.






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