ON INDIAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. IO7 



6ocJhanas = i lava 



60 lavas = * nimejha. 



60 nimejhas ==z I c a ft' ha. 



60 caftbas == 1 atipala. 



60 atipalas = 1 vipala. 



6ovipalas = \ pala.' 



60 p alas = 1 danda. 



60 dandas = a night and day. 



60 nights and days = l r//« or feafon. 



But the Bhawishya purana fubdivides the nimejha 

 otherwife. 



1 twinkling of the eye while a man is eafy and at 



reft ==30 tatpanaSy or moments. 



1 tatpana = 100 trutis. 

 1 /?•#// = iQoofamcramas. 



Raghunandana, in the Jy6tijhatatwa 3 gives a rule 

 for finding the planets which prefide over hours of the 

 day, called bora. " Doubling the ghatis elafped from 

 " the beginning of the day (or fun-rife at the flrft me- 

 " ridian) and dividing by five, the product mews the 

 " elapfed hours, or bora's. The llxth planet, counted 

 cc from that which gives name to the propofed day, 

 <c rules the fecond hour. The fixth counted from this 

 <r rules the third ; and fo on for the hours of the day : 

 " but every fifth planet is taken for the hours of the 

 " night.'* The order of the planets is C 5 9 O 6 % bi 

 confequently on a Sunday the regent of the feveral hours 

 of the day and night are : 



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