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—320] THE DOOR OF STANDARD (PAMĀŅA)
109 317. Then what is the measurement of quantity ? The measurement of quantity is stated to be twofold, viz.
(1) standard of measurement of quantity of cereals
(dhannamānappamāne), and (2) standard of measurement of quantity of liquids
(rasamānappamāne).. 318. Then what is the standard of measurement of quantity of cereals ? The standard of measurement of quantity of cereals is (as follows) :
two asatis (one asati=one handful of grains) make one pasati, two pasatīs make one setiya, four setiyās make one kulaa, foor kvlaas make one pattha, four patthayas (sic) make one a dhaya (8 seers), four adhayas make one doņa ( = 32 seers), sixty adhayas make one smallest pot, eighty adhayas make one middle pot, one hundred adhayas make one biggest pot,
eight hundred adhayas make one vaha (load).
319. What is the purpose of this standard of measurement of quantity of cereals? (The reply is that) by means of this standard of measurement of quantity of cereals is obtained the knowledge of the determination of the standard of measurement of cereal-weight of cereals kept in muttoli (a kind of receptacle which is narrow at the top and bottom and a bit expanded in the middle), murava (covering of a cart), iddara (a basket made of bark-rope), alimda (round tub-like vessel), and apavāri (granary).
This is the standard of measurement of quantity of cereals.
320. Then what is the standard of measurement of quantity of liquids? The standard of measurement of quantity of liquids is (as follows) :
The standard of measurement of quantity of liquids is made by the addition of one fourth part, the crest being inward, to the (vessel which is) standard of measurement of quantity of cereals. (The measures for this purpose are), viz.
causatthiya (measurement of weight equal to one sixty-fourth part of māņi=256/64 palas)=4palas;
battisiya (measurement of weight equal to one thirty-second part of mani)=8 palas;
1. Vide footnote 11 on p. 133 of the MJV edition.
