Hasta

Hasta is a measure of length used in ancient Indian literature. 1 hasta =${\displaystyle \frac{\mathrm{<span\; class="mwe-math-element"><span\; class="mwe-math-mathml-inline\; mwe-math-mathml-a11y"\; style="display:\; none;">one</span></span>}}{\mathrm{<span\; class="mwe-math-element"><span\; class="mwe-math-mathml-inline\; mwe-math-mathml-a11y"\; style="display:\; none;">32000</span></span>}}}$ {\ displaystyle {1 \ over 32000}} yojanas = 432 mm . The correspondence of the hasta to modern length measures was calculated by an employee of the Bhaktivedanta Institute , doctor of mathematics Richard Thompson .