[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) › c6.4931 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4931 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4931 - **Language:** English ### [c6.4931](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.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\*. - [Previous: c6.4930](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4930) - [Next: c6.4932](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4932) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4931](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4931) · Pramāṇa