94 0N INDIAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES* 



per. There is a further diverfity in the application of 

 the terms ; for they are ufed to defcribe other weights. 

 Na'reda fays a majha may alfo be confidered as the 

 twentieth of a cdrohdpana ; and Vrihaspati defcribes 

 it as the twentieth part of the pala. Hence we have 

 no lefs than four majhas : one majha of five rafficas ; 

 another of four ratticas, (according toNVREDA;) a 

 third of fixteen ratticas, according to Vrihaspati ;) 

 and a fourth (the majhaca of filver) confiding of two 

 ratticas ; not to notice the ma'Jhaca ufed by the medi- 

 cal tribe, and confifting of ten, or, according to fome 

 authorities, of twelve, raciicas, which may be the 

 fame as the jeweller's ma'jha of fix double rettis. To 

 thefe I do not add the majha of eight rafticas, becaufe 

 it has been explained, as meafured by eight filver retti 

 weights, each twice as heavy as the feed; yet, as a 

 practical denomination, it mud be noticed. Eight 

 fuch rettis make one majha ; but twelve majhas com- 

 pofe one tola. This tola is no where fuggefted by the 

 Hindu legiflators. Allowing for a difference in the 

 retti, it is double the weight of the legal tola, or 210 

 grains inftead of 105 grains. 



A nijloca, as fynonimous with pala, confifts of five 

 fitvernas, according to fome authors. It is alfo a deno- 

 mination for the quantity of one hundred and fifty fu- 

 vernas. Other large denominations are noticed in 

 dictionaries. 



10$ fiuvernas, or tolacas, of gold, conftitute an urub- 



hujhana, pala, or dinara. 

 100 palas, or nijlocas, make one tula; 20 tulds, or 



2000 palas, one bhara ; and 10 bhara, one 



achita. 

 100 palas, or nijhcas, conftitute one hara. 



According to Da'nayo'gi'swara, the tenth of a 

 bhara is called ad'hara, which is confequently fynoni- 

 mous with hara, as a term for a fpecifick quantity of 



gold. 



Go'pa'la 



