[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c6.3792 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3792 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3792 - **Language:** English ### [c6.3792](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.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. - [Previous: c6.3791](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3791) - [Next: c6.3793](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3793) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3792](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3792) · Pramāṇa