gS ON INDIAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



Table II. 



4 palas zz 2 prafrltis zz 1 cvdav a or fettle a 14 tolas, 



4 cudavas zz 1 prajVka 56 



4 praftlias ZZ 1 ad' had 224 



4 ad'hacas zz 1 drawa 896 



20 drdna.r zz tj c'hdris zz i cumb'ha 17,920 



10 cumb'has zz 1 £aA<z 179,200 



But fome make two dronas equal to one cumVha. 



Would it be unreafonable to derive the Englifh 

 coomb of four buihels from the cumb'ha of the Hindus ? 

 The c'bariy fubfequently defcribed, contains 5832 cu- 

 bick inches, if the cubit be taken at eighteen inches. 

 It would confequently be equal to two buihels, two 

 pecks, one gallon, and two thirds ; and, the cumb'ha^ 

 equal to one Shaft and a quarter, will contain three 

 bufhels and three gallons nearly. According to 

 Lacshmi'dhera's valuation of the pala> at three tola- 

 cas and a half, the c'hafi weighs 14,336 tolaeas, or 

 215 lb. avoirdupois nearly; and the cumb'ha 17,920 

 tolacas, or 2681b. which correfponds nearly to the 

 weight of a coomb of good wheat; and a bdba will be 

 nearly equal to a wey, or a ton in freight. 



The name of Jet tied for the fourth of a praft'ba is 

 afifumed from the Vardha purdna\ and Hema'dri ac- 

 cordingly declares it fynonymous with cudava. The 

 Calpateru, Smritijara, Retndcara> and Samayapradipa y 

 alfo make the Jetticd equal to the eudava, or a quarter 

 of the praft'ba ; but it contains twelve prafrzti accord- 

 ing to thefe commentaries, and the prajnti is defcribed 

 m the Ddnaednda, by Lacshmi'dhera, author of the 

 Calpateru, as the quantity held in both hands by a man 

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