India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c9.s5.13
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c9.s5.13
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c9.s5.13
(7) *Mantha* (VI. 2. 122). The exact weight is not indicated in any table, but Pāṇini mentions it after *kaṁsa* and before *śūrpa* as a measure-denoting word, and this makes it highly probable that *mantha* corresponds to *droṇa* with its synonyms of *kalaśa* and *ghaṭa* in the table of Charaka. A *mantha* would thus be equal to 4 *kaṁsas* or 8 *āḍhakas*.