Classical weights and measures (mana)

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: मानपरिभाषापलकर्षप्रस्थकुडवतोला
Hindi: माननाप तौलतोलामाशा
English: Classical weights and measuresclassical measuresweights and measurespalakarshaprasthakudava
Romanized: manapalakarsha

What the text says

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Definition5

Footnotes give one prasṛti as 8 tolā and one āḍhaka as 256 tolā.
Chapter 3 · p. 27 · v. 7FootnoteTraditional description
A footnote gives one prastha as 64 tolā.
Chapter 3 · p. 28 · v. 8FootnoteTraditional description
A footnote says that although prasrita means two pala, in the uttarabasti it is to be taken as the amount of fluid that fills the patient's palm from the roots of the fingers, citing another text that the prasrita of fat is measured to the roots of one's own fingers.
Chapter 23 · p. 542 · v. 5FootnoteTraditional description
A footnote defines one drop (bindu) of fat as the thick drop that falls when the index finger is dipped in the fat up to two joints.
Chapter 23 · p. 555 · v. 62FootnoteTraditional description
The editor's footnote gives the measures used in this kalpa: one adhaka is four ser, one ser is sixty-four tola, and four adhakas make one drona.
Chapter 25 · p. 588 · v. 27FootnoteTraditional description

Quantity as written2

The commentary equates one kudava with 16 tola, two with 32 and four with 64; for the bag capacity of eight kudava it gives 128 tola with a query mark.
Chapter 8 · p. 119 · v. 53Hindi commentaryTraditional description
For the enema paste the verse gives a quarter pala of each drug, which the commentary renders as one tola each.
Chapter 8 · p. 119 · v. 52Sanskrit verseTraditional description

Discussed in topics10

Bhallataka stone kalpaभल्लातक पाषाण कल्प Doses of fats and other preparationsस्नेह आदि के सेवन का प्रमाण Features of the enema nozzle and bagबस्तिनेत्र (पिचकारी) के लक्षण Maximum quantity of enema fluidबस्ति द्रव का उत्कृष्ट प्रमाण Measure of the uttarabasti fluidउत्तरबस्ति के द्रव का प्रमाण Procedure and dose of oleating nasyaस्नेहन नस्य की विधि और मात्रा Quantity of enema fluid and filling the bagबस्ति के लिए औषध का प्रमाण The measures of muscle fat and other fluidsवसा आदि का प्रमाण The measures of urine and faecesमूत्र आदि के प्रमाण Undertaking on the counting of measuresगणना विधि कहने की प्रतिज्ञा

Sessions4

Description of the body and daily regimenसूत्रव्यावर्णन Special preparationsकल्पसिद्धाधिकार Treating mishaps of all proceduresसर्वौषधकर्मव्यापच्चिकित्सित Treatment of vata diseasesवातरोगचिकित्सित

Questions2

Where is the bhallataka stone said to be found, and how does the footnote define adhaka and drona?भल्लातक पाषाण कहाँ मिलता बताया गया है, और पादटिप्पणी में आढक और द्रोण की क्या परिभाषा है?Which weights are named in this part of the glossary?शब्दकोश के इस भाग में कौन-से तौल बताए गए हैं?

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 47 times on 23 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

Where is the bhallataka stone said to be found, and how does the footnote define adhaka and drona?

Three kos east of the famous city of Kolipaka, near a village of the same name; four ser make one adhaka (a ser being sixty-four tola) and four adhakas make one drona.

Detailed answer and sources

Which weights are named in this part of the glossary?

धान्य as a weight of four sesame seeds, पिचु and बदर as two tolas, and माणिका as 64 tolas.