Ratana2 [most likely=Sk. aratni: see ratani] a linear measure (which Abhp p. 23 gives as equal to 12 angula, or 7 ratanas=1 yaṭṭhi: see Kirfel, Kosmographie,p. 335. The same is given by Bdhgh. at VbhA 343: dve vidatthiyo ratanaŋ; satta r. yaṭṭhi) J v.36 (vīsaŋr -- sataŋ); vi.401 (˚mattaŋ); VvA 321 (so given by Hardy in Index as "measure of length," but to be taken as ratana1, as indicated clearly by context & C.); Miln 282 (satta -- patiṭṭhito aṭṭha -- ratan' ubbedho nava -- ratan' āyāma -- pariṇāho pāsādiko dassanīyo Uposatho nāgarājā: alluding to ratana1 2!).