In parts of the district of Tinnevelly, Madras Presidency, ? – 19ᵗʰ century, a unit of mass, about 3.5 grams.
The weight called varauhaniday, about 13½ munjaudies or 54 grains, is in use in some northern parts of this district.
Manual of the Administration of the Madras Presidency…
Volume II.
Madras: Printed by E. Keys, at the Government Press, 1885.
Page 518.
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