[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) › c10.9318 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9318 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9318 - **Language:** English ### [c10.9318](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9318) \[1645\].—“As for the weights, the ordinary \*mand\* is 69 \*livres\*, and the \*livre\* is of 16 \*onces\*; but the \*mand\*, which is used to weigh indigo, is only 53 \*livres\*. At Surat you speak of a \*seer\*, which is 1 1/2 \*livres\*, and the \*livre\* is 16 \*onces\*.”—\*Tavernier\*, ed. \*Ball\*, i. 38. - [Previous: c10.9317](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9317) - [Next: c10.9319](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9319) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9318](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9318) · Pramāṇa