Murais

Murais , also Morais , was a weight measure for dry goods in Goa and other Portuguese places in India . Rice and legumes were primarily measured .

• 1 Murais = 451 11/14 pounds (Wiener) = about 253 kilograms
• 1 Murais = 25 peras of 22 pounds each (Spanish 460 grams )

literature

• Johann Ferdinand Roth: Non-profit encyclopedia for readers of all classes, especially for those who have not studied: or a short and clear explanation of the idioms, expressions and made-up words most commonly used in oral entertainments and in written essays, in alphabetical order . Volume 1, In der Rengerschen Buchhandlung, Halle 1807, p. 88
• Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff: New, most elegant conversation lexicon for educated people from all classes. Volume 3, Verlag Ch. E. Kollmann, Leipzig 1836, p. 226