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Definition of Parasangs

Parasang
Parasang Par"a*sang, n. [L. parasanga, Gr. ?, from Old Persian; cf. Per. farsang.] A Persian measure of length, which, according to Herodotus and Xenophon, was thirty stadia, or somewhat more than three and a half miles. The measure varied in different times and places, and, as now used, is estimated at from three and a half to four English miles.

Meaning of Parasangs from wikipedia

- that the length of Xenophon's parasang varied with weather and the terrain across which the army travelled. The parasangs were longer when the road was...
- Samarra and six from Baghdad; it was on the road from Baghdad to Mosul, 9 parasangs from Baghdad (5 from the previous stop, al-Bardan, and 3 from the next...
- Lydia and Phrygia there are twenty stations within a distance Of 94½ parasangs. On leaving Phrygia the Halys has to be crossed; and here are gates through...
- translated as "I am a little sea-animal, yet I traversed three hundred parasangs to offer myself as food to the leviathan." Hippocampus Ichthyocentaurs...
- placing one wing on the earth and one on the sky he hurled him four hundred parasangs. In reference to that incident, Solomon said, What profit is there to...
- (Daniel 7:10). According to the Zohar, Nuriel governs Virgo. He is 300 parasangs (approx. 5.6 km) tall and has an army of 50 myriads of angels (= 500,000)...
- of Israel [thereupon] quaked over an area of four hundred parasangs by four hundred parasangs, and a Bath Kol (heavenly voice) came forth and exclaimed...
- Title Details Shut the **** Up Talking to Me Released: October 15, 2021 Label: Parasang Format: Digital download, streaming...
- it as being 20 feet (6.1 m) wide and 100 feet (30 m) in height, and 20 parasangs in length (approximately 70 miles or 110 kilometres). Gawri Wall Xenophon...
- 7th Heaven: In the last heaven Moses saw two angels, each five hundred parasangs in height, forged out of chains of black fire and red fire, the angels...