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Iv.

1.
The (very small mote of) dust which may be discerned in a sun-beam passing through a lattice is called trasare"n"u (trembling dust).

2.
Eight of these (trasare"n"us) are equal to a nit.

3. Three of the latter are equal to a black mustard-seed.

4. Three of these last are equal to a white mustard-seed.

5. Six of these are equal to a barley-corn.

6. Three of these equal a K"ri"sh"n"ala.

[6.
Krishnala (literally, 'seed, of the Gu"g" creeper') is another {footnote p. 24} name for Raktik or Rat, the lowest denomination in general use. According to Prinsep (Useful Tables, p. 97) it equals 1.875 grains = 0.122 grammes of the metrical system. According to Thomas (see Colebrooke's Essays, ed. by Cowell, I, p. 529, note) it equals 1.75 grains.]

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7.
Five of these equal a Msha.

8. Twelve of these are equal to half an Aksha.

9. The weight of half an Aksha, with four Mshas added to it, is called a Suvar"n"a.

10.
Four Suvar"n"as make a Nishka.

11.
Two K"ri"sh"n"alas of equal weight are equal to one Mshaka of silver.

12.
Sixteen of these are equal to a Dhara"n"a (of silver).

13. A
Karsha (or eighty Raktiks) of copper is called Krshpa"n"a.

14.
Two hundred and fifty (copper) Pa"n"as are declared to be the first (or lowest) amercement, five hundred are considered as the middlemost, and a thousand as the highest.
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