Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
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Yastivana, 洩瑟知林; the forest in which a Brahman tried to measure Buddha's height with a 16 ft. bamboo pole, but the more he measured the higher the body became; another part of the legend is that the forest grew from the bamboo which he left behind in chagrin.
Source
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A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous