Pala (unit)

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Pala was a measure of the volume of grain and oil in Ceylon . The Hundua was the so-called basic measure.

1 Pala ≈ 50.9 liters

The dimensional chain was

1 Amomam / Amonam = 4 Palas = 40 Lochoo lahas = 80 Punchy lahas = 240 Nelleas = 480 Hunduas (handful) ≈ 203.4 liters

See also

Ammomam

literature

Georg Thomas Flügel: Course list continued as a manual for coin, measure, weight and Customs. LF Huber Verlag der Jäger'schen Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1859, p. 89.
Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 201.