Zend Avesta Part 01

SR No.: 007671
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1895
Total Pages: 2695
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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VISHNU.
IV, 7.
7. Five of these equal a Mâsha. 8. Twelve of these are equal to half an Aksha.
9. The weight of half an Aksha, with four Mâshas added to it, is called a Suvarna.
10. Four Suvarnas make a Nishka.
II. Two Krishnalas of equal weight are equal to one Mashaka of silver.
12. Sixteen of these are equal to a Dharana (of silver).
13. A Karsha (or eighty Raktikâs) of copper is called Kârshậpana.
14. Two hundred and fifty (copper) Panas are declared to be the first (or lowest) amercement, five hundred are considered as the middlemost, and a thousand as the highest.
V. 1. Great criminals should all be put to death.
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name for Raktikâ or Ratî, the lowest denomination in general use. According to Prinsep (Useful Tables, p. 97) it equals 1.875 grains = 0.122 grammes of the metrical system. According to Thomas (see Colebrooke's Essays, ed: by Cowell, I, p. 529, note) it equals 1.75 grains.
7-10. These names refer to weights of gold.
V. 2, 3. M. VIII, 124; IX, 239, 241; Gaut. XII, 46, 47. — 3-7. M. IX, 237. – 8. M. IX, 241; VIII, 380.-9, 11. M. IX, 232. — 12, 13. M.VIII, 320, 321. - 18. M. VIII, 371. - 19. M. VIII, 279; Y. II, 215; Âpast. II, 10, 27, 14; Gaut. XII, 1. - 20-22. M. VIII, 281, 282; Âpast. II, 10, 27, 15; Gaut. XII, 7. - 23. M. VIII, 270; Âpast. II, 10, 27, 14. – 24. M.VIII, 272. — 25. M. VIII, 271. - 26-28. M.VIII, 273-275. - 27. Y. II, 204. - 29, 30. Y.II, 210. — 31-33. Y. II, 211. - 35. M. VIII, 269.36. M.VIII, 268; Gaut. XII, 12. — 40, 41. M. VIII, 382-385. - 40, 44. Y. II, 286, 289.-45. M. VIII, 224.-47. M. VIII, 225.-49. Y. II, 297. - 50, 52. M. VIII, 296–298; Y. II, 225, 226.-55-58. M.VIII, 285; Y. II, 227-229.- 60, 61. M.VIII, 280. — 60-73. Y. II, 216–221. — 66-68. M.VIII, 283, 284. - 74. M. IX, 274. -
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