92 ON INDIAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



The legislators above named proceed from the tra- 

 farenu as follows : 



8 trajarenus ~ I llcjha y or minute poppy feed. 



3 lie/has = i raja jherjhapa y or black muf- 



tard feed. 



3 raja jherjtoapas t== I gaura jherjhapa y or white muf- 



tard feed. 



6 guarajherjhapas = i yava, or middle fized barley- 

 corn. 



2 y civ as =3= i cy)jhnala y or feed of the gunja. 



This weight is the lowed denomination in general 

 ufe, and commonly known by the name of r*//*,_ cor- 

 rupted from rettica, * which, as well as raftica y de- 

 notes the red feed, as cnjhnala indicates the black feed 

 of the gunja creeper. Each retti ufed by jewellers is 

 equal to |-ths of a carat. The feeds themfelves have 

 been afcertained by Sir William Jones, from the 

 average of numerous trials, at i T V grain. But ficti- 

 tious rettis, in common ufe, mould be double of the 

 gunja feed ; however, they weigh lefs than two grains 

 and a quarter. For the ficca weight contains 179^ 

 grains nearly , the mdjha y 17! nearly; the retti, 1^ 

 nearly. Writers on medicine trace this weight from 

 the fmalleft fenfible quantity in another order. 



30 paramdnusy or atoms = 1 irafarenu y or van'si. 

 86 van'sis =c 1 mariehi y or fenfible quan- 



tity of light. 

 6 marichis = I rdgica y or black muftard 



feed. 

 3 rdgieds ■= 1 jherjhapa y or white muf- 



tard feed. 

 8 jherjhapas — 1 yava y or barley-corn. 



4yavas — ± 1 gunja y or raftica. 



* Afiatick Rcfearches, vol. ii. page 154. 



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