Nepalese measures of measure

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Nepalese measure of measure with the seal of King Prithvi Vir Vikram

Traditional measures of measure in Nepal were mainly used to measure grain and legumes .

units

  • Basic unit: 1 mana = 0.545 liters
  • 2 manas = 1 kuda
    • 4 kudas = 1 pathi
    • 20 pathis = 1 muri

Measuring device

Standardized bronze vessels were used for measuring. The vessels were given a royal seal after the oak. It seems that after the coronation of a new monarch, vessels that had already been calibrated were checked again by the calibration office and given the new ruler's seal.

literature

  • Regmi, Mahesh Chandra: Thatched Huts and Stucco Palaces. Peasants and Landlords in 19th-Century Nepal. Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi, 1978.
  • Vinding, Michael: The Thakali. A Himalayan Ethnography, Serindia Publications. London, 1998.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Regmi, Mahesh Chandra: Thatched Huts and Stucco Palaces. Peasants and Landlords in 19th-Century Nepal. Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi, 1978, p. 163.