# Hasta (unit)

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Arm-based measure

The ***hasta*** ([Sanskrit](/source/Sanskrit_language): हस्त (hásta); [Chinese](/source/Chinese_language): 肘 ([pinyin](/source/Pinyin): *zhǒu*)) is a traditional [Indian](/source/India) [unit](/source/Units_of_measurement) of [length](/source/Length), measured from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. It equals 24 *[aṅgulas](/source/A%E1%B9%85gula)* orﾠ about 18 [inches](/source/Inch),[1] about 45 centimetres.

4 *hastas* make one *dhanus*,[2] and 400 *hastas* make one *[nalva](/source/Nalva)*. 8 *hastas* make one ***rajju***.

## See also

- [Cubit](/source/Cubit)

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** *[Sanskrit-English Dictionary](https://archive.org/details/1872sanskriten00moniuoft)* by [Monier-Williams](/source/Monier-Williams), (c) 1899

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Monier-Williams, Monier](/source/Monier_Monier-Williams) (1899). "dhanus". [*A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages*](http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/scans/MWScan/2020/web/index.php). Oxford: Clarendon Press. [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [685239912](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/685239912).

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