Arthashastra
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ते षोडश धरणम्, शौम्ब्यानि वा विंशतिः ॥
16 silver mashas or 20 saibya seeds = 1 dharana.
english translation
te SoDaza dharaNam, zaumbyAni vA viMzatiH ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptविंशति तण्डुलं वज्र धरणम् ॥
20 grains of rice = 1 dharana of a diamond.
english translation
viMzati taNDulaM vajra dharaNam ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptअर्ध माषकः माषकः द्वौ चत्वारः अष्टौ माषकाः सुवर्णो द्वौ चत्वारः, अष्टौ सुवर्णाः दश विंशतिः त्रिंशत् चत्वारिंशत् शतम् इति ॥
Ardha-másha (half a másha), one másha, two máshas, four máshas, eight máshas, one suvarna, two suvarnas, four suvarnas, eight suvarnas, ten suvarnas, twenty suvarnas, thirty suvarnas, forty suvarnas and one hundred suvarnas are different units of weights.
english translation
ardha mASakaH mASakaH dvau catvAraH aSTau mASakAH suvarNo dvau catvAraH, aSTau suvarNAH daza viMzatiH triMzat catvAriMzat zatam iti ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptतेन धरणानि व्याख्यातानि ॥
Similar series of weights shall also be made in dharanas.
english translation
tena dharaNAni vyAkhyAtAni ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptप्रतिमानान्य् अयोमयानि मागध मेकल शैलमयानि यानि वा न उदक प्रदेहाभ्यां वृद्धिं गच्छेयुर् उष्णेन वा ह्रासम् ॥
Weights (pratimánáni) shall be made of iron or of stones available in the countries of Magadha and Mekala; or of such things as will neither contract when wetted, nor expand under the influence of heat.
english translation
pratimAnAny ayomayAni mAgadha mekala zailamayAni yAni vA na udaka pradehAbhyAM vRddhiM gaccheyur uSNena vA hrAsam ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript