prastha

In India, ? – 19ᵗʰ century, a unit of dry capacity opens a new page containing a chart that shows relationships between this unit and other units in its system

Prastha, S[anscrit]. &c. ( ) A measure of capacity for grain, equal to 4 kuḍavas or 48 handfuls; considered by Capt. Jervis the same as the sèr.

H. H. Wilson, 1855, page 424.

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