History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.408

v4.c63.408

⁵⁸⁵ A *pala* weighed 320 *guñjās* according to the Līlāvatī (I. 4). Acc. to Divyatattva (p. 608) 20 palas were equal to 66 *tolakas*, five *māṣas* and 4 *guñjās*, which, while accepting the view that a *pala* is equal to 320 *guñjās*, gives the rather modern measurement into tolakas (*tolas*).