In this regard, with the character '八' meaning 'eight' and being used to represent the 'ya' of 'Yasakani,' the portion of the word read as 'Yasaka' appears to mean 'eight saka' or 'eight aka' (which would be about 1.4 meters), but the actual meaning is simply extraordinarily large or long.
ただし、ここでいう「八尺」（八咫）は文字通りの8咫（約1.4メートル）ではなく、通常よりも大きいまたは長いという意味である。