measures

[DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA]

At 11:50 AM 10/10/97 +0200, you wrote:
>Bonjour,
>
>In a commentary I found these words which seem to be names of measures:
>
>- ma.n.dala
>- kumbhaka
>- vi'sopa
>- rajju
>- vii.n.dya or viigha
>- hala
>- nakha
>
>Does anyone have ever seen these names of measure and know a reference
>book where I could get informations ?
>
>Thank you.
>-- 
>François Patte.
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>
The following usage is there in our parts
ma.n.dala or maNDala - 40 days 

vINDya(vii.n.dya) or vIgha(viigha). This apears to be the origin of 
Hindi word bIghA which is used as a measure of land area, similar to 
acre or hectare.

kumbhaka - Appears to be a measure of volume. Apte's Dictionary mentions 
a measure `kumbha' which is equal to twenty drOnas.

rajju - Can be a measure of length similar to the English measure 
chain(=66ft.).

nakha - Apte's Dictionary gives the meaning of number 20.

Hope it will be of help.

sarma.