Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c26.s2.250

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v2.c26.s2.250

*Khaṇḍi*, S. K. (*Khaṇḍa*) A word applicable to weight, dry and fluid measure. (a) *Metals*: 22,400, *tōlas* or 5 cwt. (S. Kanara; Bhaṭkal in N. Kanara); 23,040 *tōlas* in Honnāvuru, Yellāpura, and Aṅkōla (N. Kanara); 20,000 *tōlas* in Muṇḍagōd; 22, 400, *tōlas* in Śirsi (N. Kanara); (b) *Timber*: 38 feet 10⅞ inches (North Kanara); 24 *Kōl* × 12 *aṅgula* × 1 *aṅgula* (South Kanara); (c) *Sugar, ghee* 16,000 *tōlas* (Belgaum); 19,200, *tōlas* (Coorg); (d) *Jaggory*, 19,200 *tōlas* (South Kanara); (e) *Dry measure*: 38, 40, *tōlas* in Kārwār and Ankola, 4320 *tōlas* in Kumta and Honnāvuru, 1440 *tōlas* in Siddhāpura, and 71680 *tōlas* in Muṇḍagod (North Kanara); (f) *Fluid measure*: 11,200 *tōlas* (South Kanara); 23,040 *tōlas* in Śirsi, 20,000 *tōlas* in Muṇḍagod; *Doḍḍakhaṇḍi, Hire-khaṇḍi*: a grain measure of 153,600 *tōlas* in Śirsi; *Phōṭā-khaṇḍi*: a *khaṇḍi* of 25 *maṇas* used only in Virajēndrapeta (Coorg). (*N.*, p. 164). See also *W.*, pp. 277-278.