ON INDIAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 93 



A rettica is alfo faid to be equal in weight to four 

 grains of rice in the hufk : and Go'pa'la Bhatta' 

 affirms that one feed of the gunja, according to writers 

 on aftronomy, " is equal to two large barley-corns. 

 Notwithffanding this apparent uncertainty in the com- 

 parifon of a feed of the gunja to other productions of 

 nature, the weight of a raclica is well determined by 

 practice, and is the common medium of comparifon 

 for other weights. Thefe I fhali now ftate on the 

 authority of Menu, Ya'jnyawaleya, and Na'reda. 



Weights of Gold. 



5 chriftmalas, or raclicas = i majha, majhaca y or ma- 



jhica. 

 1 6 mafias = i carfha> acjha> to lac a, or 



Juverna. 

 4 carjhas y or fuvernas •=. i pala, (the fame weight, 



which is alfo denomi- 

 nated ni/hca.) 

 10 palas = 1 dharana of gold. 



Ya'jnyawaleya adds, that r\\tfuvernas make one 

 pala (of gold) according to fome authorities. 



Weights of Silver. 



1 raclicas > or feeds of the gunja — i majhaca of filver. 

 16 mdjhacas = i dharana of fil- 



ver, or pur ana. 

 10 dharanas of filver = i Jatamana or pala 



of filver. 



But a carjha, or eighty raclicas of copper, is called 

 a pana y or cdrjhapana. 



Commentators differ on the application of the fe- 

 verai terms. Some confider cnjhnala as a term appro- 

 priated to the quantity of one raclica of gold ; but 

 Cullu'ca Bhatta' thinks .the Juvema onlyj peculiar. 

 to gold, for which metal it has alfo a name. A pa 

 or carjhap ana , is a meafure of filver as well as of cop- 

 per. 



