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56 VISHNU. X, 2.
2. The transverse beam, by which the balance
is to be suspended, should be fastened upon two
posts, four Hastas above the ground (each), and
should be made two Hastas long.
3. The beam of the balance should be made of
strong wood (such as that of the Khadira or Tin-
duka trees), five Hastas long, and the two scales
must be suspended on both sides of it, (and the
whole suspended upon the transverse beam by
means of an iron hook).
4. A man out of the guild of goldsmiths, or of
braziers, should make it equal on both sides.
5. Into the one scale the person (who is to be
tried by this ordeal) should be placed, and a stone
(or earth or bricks) or some other (equivalent) of
the same weight into the other.
6. The equivalent and the man having been
made equal in weight and (the position of the
scales) well marked, the man should be caused to
descend from the balance.
2. One Hasta, ‘cubit,’ the modern ‘hath,’ equals two Vitasti,
‘ spans,’ and 24 Ahgulas, ‘ digits,’ the modern Ahgul. SeePrinsep,
Useful Tables, p. 122.
3. See the plate of balance, according to the statements of Indian
legislators, in Professor Stenzler’s Essay, ‘ Uber die ind. Gottes-
urtheile,’ Journal of the German Oriental Society, IX.
4. Nand. infers from the use of the plural number and from a
passage of Pitamaha and Narada (see the Institutes of the latter, 5,
122), that merchants may also be appointed for this purpose.
6. Nand. refers the term su&hnitau krz'tva to the man and to
the equivalent, both having to be marked ‘ with the king’s seal or
in some other way, in order that no one may suspect the weight of
the equivalent or of the man to have been increased or lessened
by the addition or removal of other objects, or of clothes, orna-
ments, and the like.’ ‘ Others ’ explain the term in the way in
which it has been rendered above.
2. The transverse beam, by which the balance
is to be suspended, should be fastened upon two
posts, four Hastas above the ground (each), and
should be made two Hastas long.
3. The beam of the balance should be made of
strong wood (such as that of the Khadira or Tin-
duka trees), five Hastas long, and the two scales
must be suspended on both sides of it, (and the
whole suspended upon the transverse beam by
means of an iron hook).
4. A man out of the guild of goldsmiths, or of
braziers, should make it equal on both sides.
5. Into the one scale the person (who is to be
tried by this ordeal) should be placed, and a stone
(or earth or bricks) or some other (equivalent) of
the same weight into the other.
6. The equivalent and the man having been
made equal in weight and (the position of the
scales) well marked, the man should be caused to
descend from the balance.
2. One Hasta, ‘cubit,’ the modern ‘hath,’ equals two Vitasti,
‘ spans,’ and 24 Ahgulas, ‘ digits,’ the modern Ahgul. SeePrinsep,
Useful Tables, p. 122.
3. See the plate of balance, according to the statements of Indian
legislators, in Professor Stenzler’s Essay, ‘ Uber die ind. Gottes-
urtheile,’ Journal of the German Oriental Society, IX.
4. Nand. infers from the use of the plural number and from a
passage of Pitamaha and Narada (see the Institutes of the latter, 5,
122), that merchants may also be appointed for this purpose.
6. Nand. refers the term su&hnitau krz'tva to the man and to
the equivalent, both having to be marked ‘ with the king’s seal or
in some other way, in order that no one may suspect the weight of
the equivalent or of the man to have been increased or lessened
by the addition or removal of other objects, or of clothes, orna-
ments, and the like.’ ‘ Others ’ explain the term in the way in
which it has been rendered above.