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1. The (very small mote of) dust which may be discerned in a sun-beam passing through a lattice is called trasarenu (trembling dust).
2. Eight of these (trasarenus) are equal to a nit.
3. Three of the latter are equal to a black mustard-seed.
4. Three of these last are equal to a white mustard-seed.
5. Six of these are equal to a barley-corn.
6. Three of these equal a Krishnala.
[6. Krishnala (literally, 'seed, of the Guńgā creeper') is another {footnote p. 24} name for Raktikā or Ratī, the lowest denomination in general use. According to Prinsep (Useful Tables, p. 97) it equals 1.875 grains = 0.122 grammes of the metrical system. According to Thomas (see Colebrooke's Essays, ed. by Cowell, I, p. 529, note) it equals 1.75 grains.]
7. Five of these equal a Māsha.
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