Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3792

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c6.3792

*nala* (IE 8-6), measuring rod; same as *daṇḍa*; sometimes regarded as 12 cubits, 22 cubits, 56 cubits, etc., in length; cf. *Samataṭīya-nala*, ‘the rod as used in the Samataṭa country’; *Vṛṣabhaśaṅkara-nala*, ‘the rod introduced by king Vṛṣabhaśaṅkara’, ‘the rod of the village of Pattiyamattavura’, etc. See *kol, kolu, ghaḷe*, etc.

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