Jain Inscriptions of Rajasthan

Author(s): Ramvallabh Somani
Publisher: Rajasthan Prakrit Bharti Sansthan Jaipur

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milk, ghee etc. Oil was measured by Pala (Palika) and ghee in terms of Karsh.
For measurement of land, our information is meagre. The Siyadoni inscription refers to the Parameshvariya-Hasta, a standard the size of which, however, is not clear. Mandan, the court architect of Maharana Kumbha, who compiled Raj-Vallabh Mandan, gives many details123 about measurement of length and space. There is a line drawing of a Gaz (measuring rod) available in the KirtiStambh of Chittor, which conforms to the size given by Mandan. The terms Drona, Hayal, or Halavaha, Nivartana, Bigha, Bisva etc. which occur in medieval inscriptions denote different measures of land.
Wages :
The Osia inscription124 of V. E. i236 mentions that Bhojakas employed in the temple were required to be paid 1/2 Man of Moong and one Karsh of ghee daily. It was also insisted that such employee should be more than 12 years of age. But no exact rates of Moong and ghee being available, the information concerning remuneration cannot be worked out in terms of money. Merutunga in his Prabandh-Chintamani narrates that125 the lowest wage was 5 Vimshopoka a day. The Cintra-Prashasti, a Shaivite inscription from Gujarat, records that a monk named Tripurantaka fixed the monthly remuneration of a novitiate Vatuka as nine drammas a month along with a share of the daily Naivedya (food offerings). In this way the average wage amounted to more than 6 Vimshopakas a day. Rates of Commodities :
Rates of various commodities have not been specifically given in the inscriptions. For arranging126 garlands 24 drammas were
123. Maharana Kumbba by the Auhtor p. 352.
124. Nabar I No. 804.
125. A. K. Majumdar- The Chalukyas of Gujarat pp. 274-275. 126, Nahar I No. 940 and II N 1706.