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-327] STANDARD OF MEASUREMENT OF SUBSTANCES 111
323. What is the purpose of this standard of measurement of heavier weights ? (Tho reply is that) by means of this standard of measurement of heavier weights is obtained the knowledge of the determination of standard of measurement of heavier weights of objects, viz. leaves, incence, fragrant substance (tagara), coyaya (a kind of fruit), kumkuma (saffrom), sugar, molasses, candied sugar and so on.
This is the standard of measurement of heavier weights.
324. Then what is omāna, that is, the standard of measurement of length ? The word 'omāna' stands for 'the thing whose length is measured', for instance, hattha (cubit), or damda (stick), or dhanua (bow), or juga (yoke), naliyă (bamboo), or akkha (axle), or musala (club). (On these, the verses run):
The words 'damda', 'dhanu', 'juga', 'naliya', 'akkha', and 'musala' are (each) of the length or four cubits. And know a rajju (rope) as (equal to) ten naliyās, as the term expressing measure of length//93//
Know regarding these terms expressing measures of length that a cubit is applied as the measure for house, a stick for land, a bow for road, a well (and the like), (are measured) by bamboo//94/
325. What is the purpose of this standard of measurement of length ? (The reply is that) by means of this standard of measurement of length is obtained the knowledge of the determination of the standard of measurement of length of objects of the nature of wells (and the like, khāya), palace-platforms (etc.) made of bricks (ciya), sawn boards (etc. karagacita), mats (kada), cloth (pada), boundary walls (bhitti), and moats (parikkhe va).
This is the standard of measurement of length.
326. Then what is ganima, that is, the standard of measurement by counting ? The standard of measurement by counting stands for 'the thing counted'. (The means of counting are), for instance, ekka (one), dasaga (ten), sata (hundred), sahassa (thousand), dasasahassa (ten thousand), satasahassa (hundred thousand), dasasatasahassa (one million) and kodi (ten million).
327. What is the purpose of this standard of measurement by counting ? (The reply is that) by means of this standard of measurement by counting is obtained the knowledge of the determination of the standard of measurement by counting of the money pertaining to
1. Vide supra, sutta No. 316. 2. Vide supra, sutta No. 316
