6 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 



For onions, garlic, saffron, tamarind, potatos and silk, 

 1 seer = 24 tolas. 



For chillies 1 seer = 105 tolas. 



For vegetables, etc. ... 1 seer = 180 tolas. 

 For camphor, spices ... 1 viss = 118 tolas. 



Land Measure. 



4 seers of rice and other grains = 1 thumu. 



16 seers = 1 nowtie (cent). 



20 nowties = 1 bharanam. 



100 nowties ... = 1 acre. 



GODAVARI. 



Weights. 



2 pampus 



2 yebulams 



2 padalams 



2 visses 



4 yettedus 



20 maunds . 



Fuel is sold by the following table 



5 maunds 



4 kavadis 



1 putti dry jungle wood 



1 putti green jungle wood ... 

 1 putti of jaggery 



= 1 yebulam. 

 = 1 padalam. 

 = 1 viss (5 seers or 



tolas'). 

 = 1 yettedu. 

 = 1 maund (or 25 lb.). 

 = 1 putti (or candy), 



s= 1 kavadi. 

 = 1 putti. 

 as 500 lb. 

 = 6121b. 

 = 504 lb. 



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Grain Measures. 



5 tolas weight of rice 



4 giddas 



2 solas 



2 manikas 

 2 addas 



20 kunchams 

 2 yedumus 

 2 pandumus 



= 1 gidda, 



= 1 sola. 



= 1 manika or seer (holds 



80 tolas weight of 



rice). 

 = 1 adda. 

 = 1 kuncham (320 tolas 



weight of rice). 

 = 1 yedumu or kavadi, 

 = 1 pandumu. 

 = 1 palle putti (80 



kunchams). 



