ON INDIAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



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Padme pur an a : 4 falas == 



4 cudavas t=z 



4 pr aft' has == 



4 ad'hacas = 



16 dronas = 



20 dronas = 



10 cumb'has = 



Scanda fur ana : 2 falas = 



2 prajritis = 



4 cudavas = 



4 pr aft' has = 



4 ad'hacas == 



2 dronas = 



20 dronas = 



cudava. 

 praft'ha, 

 ad'haca- 

 drona. 

 c*hdr\. 

 cumb'ha. 

 baha> or load. 

 prafriti. 

 cudava. 

 praft'ha. 

 ad'haca. 

 drona. 



cumb'ha accord- 

 ing to fome. 

 1 cumb'ha accord- 

 ing to others. 



From thefe may be formed two Tables. The firfl 

 coincides with texts of the Vardha purdna> and is pre- 

 ferred by Raghunandana. The fecond, formed on 

 the concurrent authority of the Bhawijhya^ Padme and 

 Scanda pur anas y is adopted in the Calpateru ; rejecting, 

 however, the cumb'ha of two dronas^ and making the 

 ptf/0 equal to the weight of three tblacas and a half. 



Table I. 



8 mujhtis, or handfuls, = 8 />^/^ *— 4 prajritis 



1 cunchi. 

 8 cunchis = 1 pujhcala. 



\pujhcalas = 1 ad'haca. 



4 ad'hacas = 1 drona. 



20 dronas == 1 cumb'ha. 



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