In India, ? – 19ᵗʰ century,
Púrṇapátra, S[anskrit]. &c. ( ) A full measure or vessel : in Mal[ayalam]. ( ) a vessel filled with clothes, ornaments, &c., to be scrambled for at a festival : a vessel full of rice, properly equal to 256 handfuls.
H. H. Wilson, 1855, page 429.
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