Shivaji and His Times c10.s4.4

c10.s4.4

Next day, Shiva made atonement for the sins, deliberate or accidental, committed in his own life. He was separately weighed against each of the seven metals, —gold, silver, copper, zinc, tin, lead and iron,—as well as very fine linen, camphor, salt, nails (sic), nutmegs, and other spices, butter, sugar, fruits and all sorts of eatables (betel-leaves and country wine being among them.) All these metals and other articles to the weight of his body, together with a *lakh* of *hun* more, were given away to the assembled Brahmans after the coronation.