Matsyapurana 86.2

86.2

uttamaḥ palasāhasro madhyamaḥ pañcabhiḥ śataiḥ
tadardhenādhamastadvad alpavitto 'pi śaktitaḥ
dadyādekapalādūrdhvaṃ yathāśaktyā vimatsaraḥ //

The mount of 4,000 tolas (1,000 palas) of gold is the first best, of 2,000 tolas (500 palas) is the second best, and of 1,000 tolas (250 palas) is the last. The poor may make, leaving pride aside, one of less weight, but greater than one pala, according to his means.—2.