Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.3242

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.3242

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c9.3242

TRASAREṆU. An ancient measure of weight of metals. Jālāntarāgate bhānau Yat sūkṣmaṃ dṛśyate rajaḥ / Prathamam tat pramāṇānām Trasareṇum pracakṣate. // (Śloka 132, Chapter 8, Manusmṛti). Eight trasareṇus make one Iru. Three īrus make one Maṇkaṭuku. Three maṇkaṭukus make one Veṇkaṭuku. Six veṇkaṭukus make one Madhyastrīyava. Three madhyastrīyavas make one kunnikkuru. Five kunnikkurus make one Māṣa. Sixteen māṣas make one Suvarṇa. This is the weight of two and a half varāhas. Four suvarṇas make one Pala. Ten palas make one Dharaṇa.

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Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit