CHAPTER XV.
 

163
 

SO  little   about the  correctness  of  what  they copy.
" Atreya says :

6 particles of dust = i marici.

6 martci                  = i mustard-seed {rdjikd).

8 mustard-seeds     = i red rice-corn.

2 red rice-corns      — i pea.

2 peas                    = I andt.

And   I   audi is   equal to |  ddnak, according to the
 

scale by
 

which   7  ddnt
 

ik
 

are equal  to   one  dirl
 

Further :
 


 


 


 


 

4 andt
 

=
 

I mdsha.
 


 

8 mdsha
 

-
 

I cana (?).

I I karsha or suvarna of the
 


 

2 cana
 

~
 

(     weight of 2 dirhams. •
 


 

4 suvarna
 

=
 

I po-Za.
 


 

4 pala
 

=
 

I kudava.
 


 

4 kudava
 

=
 

I prastha.
 


 

4 prastha
 

=
 

I ddhaka.
 


 

4 ddhaka
 

=
 

I drona.
 


 

2 drona
 

=
 

1 surpa.
 


 

2 s4rpa
 

=
 

I j^'area (?)."
 

The weight j?a/a is much used in all the business
dealings of the Hindus, but it is different for different
wares and in different provinces. According to some,
I pala = yV mand; according to others, i pala = 14
mithkdl; but the m-and is not equal to 210 mithkdl.
According to others, i pala — 16 mithkdl, but the
mand is not equal to 240 mithkdl. According to others,
I pala =15 dirham, but the mand is not equal to 225
dirham. In reality, however, the relation between the
pala and the mand is different.

Further, Atreya says: " i ddhaka = 64 pcda = 128 Page:
dirham = i rati. But if the audi is equal to ^ ddnak,
one suvarna contains 64 ancli, and then a dirham has
32 ancli, which, as each ancli is equal to ^ ddnak, are
equal to 4 ddnak. The double amount of it is i-J- dir¬
ham " (sic).

Such are the results when people, instead of trans¬
lating, indulge in wild conjecture and mingle together
different theories in an uncritical manner.