No. 43—1892.] WEIGHTS AND measures. 



175 



I. — Apothecaries' Weight. 



The medical work Bhaisajjaya Kalpa gives the following 

 table : — 



6 siyum-renu, 



or 





faint rays 



= 1 



marichi, or clear ray 



6 marichi 



= 1 



aba eta 



6 aba eta 



= 1 



rat-el, a kind of paddy 



2 rat-el 



= 1 



undu eta 



2 undu eta 



= 1 



yava eta 



4 undu eta 





sana 1 * 



2 sana 



= 1 



vataka 



4 vataka 



= 1 



mita, or palam 



4 miti or palam = 1 



kal 



4kal 



= 1 



neli 



4 neli 



= 1 



kuruni 



4 kuruni 





drona 



4 drona 



= 1 



waha 



2 palam 



= 1 



pregurta 



2 pregurta 



= 1 



kuduba, or adamana 



The following table in verse is taken from the Yogarat- 

 ndkaraya, which, according to Alwis, is " a book no less 

 celebrated for its doctrines on medicine than esteemed for 

 the elegance of its versification" :— 



1. 



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®>© 





<p § «5 asf 40© §ce3s? &ss>ssf 



©£> 







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§ 8 © ^ ©Q d 40© «s)(3^^r Sssjssf 



®© 



2. 





asj 













S3 







«a 



3. 



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63 S3d O40SS$ 40© S)ig®»Q)SSf ©>£)8 £©853 



S3 







es 







8SS 



* The small figures refer to the " Notes " at p. 194 et seq. 



