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There is, however, this difference to be borne in mind. 

 The above measures of extent and their equivalents in English 

 measurement apply to paddy land, whether it is paddy 

 ordinarily sown on low land or on high land, as is the case 

 in the Four Korales and in some parts of the Central Pro- 

 vince, where el-vi or hill paddy is sown. 



But if with regard to high land the sowing extent is given 

 in kurakkan sowing, or without mention being made as to 

 whether it is paddy or kurakkan, the latter will be presumed 

 (D. C. Kurunegala, 21,876); and in that case a laha is the 

 equivalent of an acre, at which computation a pela will be 

 equal to 30 acres, whereas their equivalent in paddy-sowing 

 extent is 10 perches and 2 roods, respectively. 



VI. —-Measures of Space. 



The measures of space are very unique. According to the 

 Bhaisajjaya Kalpa : — 



8 paramanu = 1 tresarenu 10 



8 tresarenu = 1 ratarenu 



8 ratarenu 1 valagra, the tip of the hair of a 



horse's tail 

 8 valagra = 1 lehendi, a nit 



8 lehendi — = 1 ukuna, a louse 

 8 ukuno = 1 yava eta 



8 yava eta == 1 angala 



The following is another table from the same authority : — 

 8 yava eta — 3 hovi eta 



3 hovi eta = 1 angala 



The Abhiddhdnapadipika has the following table : — 

 36 paramanu = 1 anu 

 36 anu = 1 tajjari 



36 tajjari = 1 ratarenu 



36 ratarenu = 7 likas, or one uka 



7 ukas = 1 dannamasa, a kind of grain 



7 dannamasa — 1 angala 

 Pridham, in the appendix to his work on Ceylon,* says that 

 the smallest native measure was the seventh part of a vi-eta, 

 a grain of paddy, seven of which were equal to one angala. 



* Vol. II., p. 853. 



