Yojana
Yojana,(nt.) [Vedic yojana] 1.the yoke of a carriage J.VI,38,42 (=ratha-yuga).-- 2.a measure of length:as much as can be travelled with one yoke (of oxen),a distance of about 7 miles,which is given by Bdhgh.as equal to 4 gāvutas (DhA.II,13).It occurs in descending scale of yojana-tigāvuta-usabha at DhA.I,108.‹-› Dh.60; J.V,37 (yojana-yojana-vitthatā each a mile square); SnA 194.More favoured combns of yojana with numbers are the foll.:1/2 (aḍḍha°):DA.I,35; DhsA.142.-- 3:DhA.II,41.-- 4:PvA.113.-- 5:VvA.33.-- 15:DhA.I,17; J.I,315; PvA.154.-- 18:J.I,81,348.-- 20:DhA.IV,112 (20 X 110,of a wilderness).-- 25:VvA.236.-- 45:J.I,147,348; DhA.I,367.-- 50:Vism.417.-- 100:D.I,117; It.91; Pv.I,1014.-- 500:J.I,204.-- 1,000:J.I,203.-- Cp.yojanika.(Page 559)