ON INDIAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 95 



Go'pa'la Bhatta' alfo ftates other weights, without 

 mentioning by what claffes they are ufed. I fufpecfl an 

 error in the ftatement, becaufe it reduces the mdjha to 

 a very low denomination, and I fuppofe it to be the 

 jeweller's weight. 



6 rdjicds (rafficas) = I mdjhaca^ hema> or vdnaca. 



4 vdnacas = I Jala y dharana^ or tanca. 



2 tancas = i cona. 



1 cbnas = 1 car/ha* 



Probably it fhould be ratlicas inftead of rdjicds> 

 which would nearly correfpond with the weights fub- 

 joined, giving twenty-four retticds for one dharana in 

 both ftatements. It alfo correfponds with the tables 

 in the Ay en Acberi> (vol. iii. p. 94.) where a tdnc of 

 twenty-four rettis* fixed at ten barley-corns to the 

 rettiy contains two hundred and forty barley-corns; 

 and a mdjha of eight rettis, at feven and a half barley- 

 corns each, contains fixty rettis ; confequently four 

 mdjhas are equal to one tanca , as in the preceding 

 table ; and fix jeweller's rettis are equal to eight double 

 rettis, as ufed by goldfmiths. 



The fame author (Go'pa'la Bhatta') obferves, that 

 weights are thus ftated in aftronomical books : 



2 large barley-corns = 1 feed of the gunja. 



3 gunjds = 1 ball a. 



8 ball as == I dharana. 



2 dharanas z= 1 alaca, 



1000 alacas == 1 dhatdca. 



The tale of fhells, compared to weight of filver, 

 may be taken on the authority of the Lzlavatal. 



20 cafardacas. 



