Sushruta Samhita

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पलकुडवादीनामतो मानं तु व्याख्यास्यामः- तत्र द्वादश धान्यमाषा मध्यमाः सुवर्णमाषकः, ते षोडश सुवर्णम्; अथवा मध्यमनिष्पावा एकोनविंशतिर्धरणं, तान्यर्धतृतीयानि कर्षः; ततश्चोर्ध्वं चतुर्गुणमभिवर्धयन्तः पलकुडवप्रस्थाढकद्रोणा इत्यभिनिष्पद्यन्ते, तुला पुनः पलशतं, ताः पुनर्विंशतिर्भारः; शुष्काणामिदं मानम्, आर्द्रद्रवाणां च द्विगुणमिति ||७||

sanskrit

Let us explain the measurement of palakuda and similar items. There are twelve types of grains, with medium being golden gram, weighing sixteen parts. Alternatively, medium unfiltered grains weigh nineteen and a half parts. For those grains, one-third is taken as the measurement. From there, the measurement increases fourfold, resulting in palakuda and similar substances, where one hundred palas equal one tola. This is the measurement for dry substances, and for moist or liquid substances, the measure is doubled.

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hindi translation

palakuDavAdInAmato mAnaM tu vyAkhyAsyAmaH- tatra dvAdaza dhAnyamASA madhyamAH suvarNamASakaH, te SoDaza suvarNam; athavA madhyamaniSpAvA ekonaviMzatirdharaNaM, tAnyardhatRtIyAni karSaH; tatazcordhvaM caturguNamabhivardhayantaH palakuDavaprasthADhakadroNA ityabhiniSpadyante, tulA punaH palazataM, tAH punarviMzatirbhAraH; zuSkANAmidaM mAnam, ArdradravANAM ca dviguNamiti ||7||

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