[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.9306 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9306 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9306 - **Language:** English ### [c10.9306](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9306) The values of the \*man\* as weight, even in modern times, have varied immensely, \*i.e.\* from little more than 2 lbs. to upwards of 160. The ‘Indian Maund,’ which is the standard of weight in British India, is of 40 \*sers\*, each \*ser\* being divided into 16 \*chhitāks\*; and this is the general scale of subdivision in the local weights of Bengal, and Upper and Central India, though the value of the \*ser\* varies. That of the standard \*ser\* is 80 \*tolas\* (q.v.) or rupee-weights, and thus the \*maund\* = 82 2/7 lbs. avoirdupois. The Bombay \*maund\* (or \*man\*) of 48 \*sers\* = 28 lbs.; the Madras one of 40 \*sers\* = 25 lbs. The Palloda \*man\* of Ahmadnagar contained 64 \*sers\*, and was = 163 1/4 lbs. This is the largest \*man\* we find in the ‘Useful Tables.’ The smallest Indian \*man\* again is that of Colachy in Travancore, and that = 18 lbs. 12 oz. 13 dr. The Persian \*Tabrīzi man\* is, however, a little less than 7 lbs.; the \*man shāhī\* twice that; the smallest of all on the list named is the Jeddah \*man\* = 2 lbs. 3 oz. 9 1/4 dr. - [Previous: c10.9305](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9305) - [Next: c10.9307](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9307) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9306](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9306) · Pramāṇa