linear measure, a quarter of a yojana = 80 usabhas, a little less than two miles, a league Ja.i.57, Ja.i.59; Ja.ii.209 Vism.118; Dhp-a.i.396.

cp. Vedic gavyūti pasture land, district

…the Māgadha country, three gāvuta from Rājagaha. Between it and Rājagaha is the river Sappinī, which rises in the Gijjhakūṭa. Vin.i.109…

…south of Sāvatthī, one gāvuta away from the city. It was well guarded and monks and nuns used to resort there in search of solitude. The…

…(= a˚ kosantara C.).

• -gāvuta half a league Ja.vi.55
• -cūḷa (˚vāhā vīhi) 1/2 a measure (of…

adjective reaching a gāvuta in extent DN-a.i.284.

…Vv-a.186 -gāvuta a distance of 3/4 of a league (i.e. about 2 miles), Dhp-a.i.108 (less than yojana, more…

…e.g. Dhp-a.i.131 (tigāvuta-ppamāṇa); Dhp-a.iii.7 (id.). 9. Various. Of innumerable passages in the books mentioned above (under 1)…

…by Bdhgh as equal to 4 gāvutas (Dhp-a.ii.13). It occurs in descending scale of yojana-tigāvuta-usabha at Dhp-a.i.108. Dhp.60; Ja.v.37…