IOO ON INDIAN WEIGHTS AND 'MEASURES. 



Since the p ala of gold weighs 420 troy grains, the 

 praft*ha contains one pound avoirdupois, fourteen 

 ounces and three quarters nearly. The drbna^ laft men- 

 tioned, contains 301b. n oz. and a fraction; and a 

 cumb'ha of twenty fuch dr6nas y 614 lb. 6 oz. and a half 

 nearly. 



The meafures of grain in common ufe, are probably 

 derived from the ancient cumb'ha and drbna ; but their 

 names are not fuggefted by any of the preceding Tables. 

 Twenty cat* has make one hist; and fixteen bh'is one 

 pauti. The fize of the cafha varies in different dif- 

 tricts ; in fome containing no more than two and a 

 half/<?r of rice ; in others five Jer y ( 80 ficca weight ;) or 

 even more. In the fouthern diftricts of Bengal, a mea- 

 fure of grain is ufed w T hich contains one Jer and a quar- 

 ter. It is called rec. Four recs make one pdli; twen- 

 ty pdlisy one Jolly and fixteen Jolis, one cahen. 



The Vrihat Rdjamartanda fpecifies meafures which 

 do not appear to have been noticed in other Sanfcrit 

 writings. 



24 to lac as = 1 Jer. 

 2 Jer = 1 prabh. 



It is mentioned in the Ayen AckberU that the Jer 

 formerly contained eighteen dams in fome parts of 

 Hinduftan y and twenty-two dams in others ; but that 

 it confided of twenty-eight dams at the commence- 

 ment of the reign of Acber, and was fixed by him at 

 thirty dams. The dam was fixed at five tdncs> or 

 twenty mdjhas ; or, as ftated in one place, twenty 

 majhas and feven rettis. The ancienty^r, noticed in 

 the Ayen Ackberi> therefore, coincided nearly with the 

 Jer ftated in the Rdjamartanda. The double/ir is (till 

 ufed in fome places, but called by the fame name ( pan- 

 chajcri) as the weight of five Jer ufed in others . 



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