yojanaṁ

neuter

1. the yoke of a carriage Ja.vi.38, Ja.vi.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 (Dhp-a.ii.13). It occurs in descending scale of yojana-tigāvuta-usabha at Dhp-a.i.108. Dhp.60; Ja.v.37 (yojana-yojana-vitthatā each a mile square); Snp-a.194. More favoured combinations of yojana with numbers are the foll.:
   1/2 (aḍḍha˚): DN-a.i.35; Dhs-a.142.
   3: Dhp-a.ii.41.
   4: Pv-a.113.
   5: Vv-a.33
   15: Dhp-a.i.17; Ja.i.315; Pv-a.154.
   18: Ja.i.81, Ja.i.348
   20: Dhp-a.iv.112 (20 × 110, of a wilderness).
   25; Vv-a.236.
   45: Ja.i.147, Ja.i.348; Dhp-a.i.367.
   50: Vism.417.
   100: DN.i.117; Iti.91; Pv.i.10#14.
   500: Ja.i.204
   1,000: Ja.i.203
   ■ Cp. yojanika.

Vedic yojana

feminine (grammatical) construction; exegesis, interpretation; meaning Kp-a.156 Kp-a.218, Kp-a.243; Snp-a.20, Snp-a.90, Snp-a.122 sq., Snp-a.131 sq., Snp-a.148, Snp-a.166, Snp-a.177, Snp-a.248, Snp-a.255, Snp-a.313; Pv-a.45, Pv-a.50, Pv-a.69, Pv-a.73, Pv-a.139 (attha˚), and passim in Commentaries.

*Sk. yojanā, fr. yojeti