Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c26.s2.656

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*Visa*, S. K. Tam. Tel. The 1/16th part or fraction of a *haṇa*. A weight of gold equal to one grain of rice-corn. A measure of land equal nearly to two acres. A share, a portion. (*My. Ins.*, p. 269; *W.*, p. 549). In South Kanara it is a wood measurement, one-sixteenth of an *aṅgula*. A gold weight of 1·21 grains (Av.) in South Kanara. A fractional part denoting 1/16ths. (*N.* p. 171).