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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 11]
TEXT 8
लघूनि वै समाम्नाता दश पञ्च च नाडिका । ते द्वे मुहूर्तः प्रहरः षड्यामः सप्त वा नृणाम् ॥ ८ ॥
laghūni vai samāmnātā daśa pañca ca nāḍikā te dve muhūrtaḥ praharaḥ ṣaḍ yāmaḥ sapta vā nṛṇām
laghūni—such laghus (each of two minutes); vai—exactly; samāmnātā—   is called; daśa pañca—fifteen; ca—also; nāḍikā—a nāḍikā; te—of them; dve—   two; muhūrtaḥ—a moment; praharaḥ—three hours; ṣaṭ—six; yāmaḥ—one   fourth of a day or night; sapta—seven; vā—or; nṛṇām—of human cal-   culation.
TRANSLATION
Fifteen laghus make one nāḍikā, which is also called a daṇḍa. Two daṇḍas make one muhūrta, and six or seven daṇḍas make one fourth of a day or night, according to human calculation.
TEXT 9
द्वादशार्धपलोन्मानं चतुर्भिश्चतुरङ्गुलैः । स्वर्णमाषैः कृतच्छिद्रं यावत्प्रस्थजलस्तुतम् ॥ ९ ॥
dvādaśārdha-palonmānam caturbhiś catur-aṅgulaiḥ svarṇa-māṣaiḥ kṛta-cchidram yāvat prastha-jala-plutam
dvādaśa-ardha—six; pala—of the scale of weight; unmānam—measuring   pot; caturbhiḥ—by weight of four; catuḥ-aṅgulaiḥ—four fingers by measure;   svarṇa—of gold; māṣaiḥ—of the weight; kṛta-chidram—making a hole; yāvat   —as long as; prastha—measuring one prastha; jala-plutam—filled by water.
TRANSLATION
The measuring pot for one nāḍikā or daṇḍa can be prepared with a six pala weight [ 14 ounce ] pot of copper, in which a hole is bored with a gold