The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c15.s1.t6.6

c15.s1.t6.6

A later description of the clepsydra is as follows: "A copper vessel, weighing 10 palas, six aṅgulas in height and twice as much in breadth at the mouth—this vessel of the capacity of 60 palas of water, and hemispherical in form, is called a ghaṭi. The aforesaid copper vessel, bored with a needle made of 3½ māshas ² of gold and 4 aṅgulas long, gets filled in one nāḍikā."