Arthashastra

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षडङ्गुलाद् ऊर्ध्वम् अष्ट अङ्गुल उत्तरा दश तुलाः कारयेत् लोह पलाद् ऊर्ध्वम् एक पल उत्तराः, यन्त्रम् उभयतः शिक्यं वा ॥

Beginning with a lever of six angulas in length and of one pala in the weight of its metallic mass, there shall be made ten (different) balances with levers successively increasing by one pala in the weight of their metallic masses, and by eight angulas in their length. A scale-pan shall be attached to each of them on one or both sides.

english translation

SaDaGgulAd Urdhvam aSTa aGgula uttarA daza tulAH kArayet loha palAd Urdhvam eka pala uttarAH, yantram ubhayataH zikyaM vA ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript