Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I c5.53

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¹ कोष्ठाम्रोपस्थितं वर्षप्रमाणं कुण्डं स्थापयेत्—Bk. II, सत्रि-धाटचेयकर्म, p. 58. A vessel with its mouth 1 aratni wide was used as a *rain-gauge*, and one such vessel was put before the store-house. (1 aratni = 24 angulas = about 2 ft.; an angula = the middle joint of the middle finger of a middle-sized man)—मध्यमस्य पुरुषस्य मध्यमाया अङ्गुल्या मध्यपर्वोऽङ्गुलम्—Bk. II, देशकालमानम्, p. 106.