Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4931

c6.4931

*puṭṭi* (CITD), Telugu; a measure equal to twenty *tūmus*; also called *khaṇḍi* (spelt candy in English and found as *khaṇḍikā* in Sanskrit inscriptions) and regarded as equal to between 800 and 1000 *seers*. *Khaṇḍi* at Masulipatam has 3 weights, viz. 488 pounds for tobacco, 500 pounds for metals, hardware, etc., and 560 pounds for sugar, dates and other soft articles. The *puṭṭi* and its fractions also denote the area of the land that is supposed by some to produce the particular quantities of grain. According to some, it is a land measure equal to 8 acres being presumably the area which can be sown with a *puṭṭi* of grain. There were different kinds of *puṭṭis*, e.g. *gāl-puṭṭi*. Cf. also *pelle-puṭṭi* regarded as equal to 80 *kuñcas* and *Malaca-puṭṭi* or Malacca ton as equal to 300 to 240 *kuñcas*.