An unit of (linear) measurement;
it is equivalent to 8 yavamadhya (middle breadth of a barley corn (which can be calculated thus: 8 hair-points of human beings of Bharata-Airavat=
1 tiny louse
8 tiny lice = 1 louse
8 lice = 1 Yavamadhya)).
It is used for measuring the height of the body of internals, sub-humans, humans and celestials. (It is equal to 1.3 inches approximately).
aṭṭha javantajjhā se ege ussehaṃgule.(Anu 399)
ussehaṃguleṇaṃ neraiya-tirikkhajoṇiya-mamissa-devāṇaṃ sarirogāliaṇāo mavijjaṃti...(Anu 401)
- Ātmāṅgida, Pramāṇāṅgula.