Arthashastra · Chapter 02.19

pautava.adhyakṣaḥ pautava.karma.antān kārayet //

dhānya.māṣā daśa suvarṇa.māṣakaḥ, pañca vā guñjāḥ //

te ṣoḍaśa suvarṇaḥ karṣo vā //

catuṣ.karṣaṃ palam //

aṣṭa.aśītir gaura.sarṣapā rūpya.māṣakaḥ //

te ṣoḍaśa dharaṇam, śaumbyāni vā viṃśatiḥ //

viṃśati.taṇḍulaṃ vajra.dharaṇam //

ardha.māṣakaḥ māṣakaḥ dvau catvāraḥ aṣṭau māṣakāḥ suvarṇo dvau catvāraḥ, aṣṭau suvarṇāḥ daśa viṃśatiḥ triṃśat catvāriṃśat śatam iti //

tena dharaṇāni vyākhyātāni //

pratimānāny ayomayāni māgadha.mekala.śailamayāni yāni vā na^udaka.pradehābhyāṃ vṛddhiṃ gaccheyur uṣṇena vā hrāsam //

ṣaḍaṅgulād ūrdhvam aṣṭa.aṅgula.uttarā daśa tulāḥ kārayet loha.palād ūrdhvam eka.pala.uttarāḥ, yantram ubhayataḥ.śikyaṃ vā //

pañca.triṃśat.palalohāṃ dvi.saptaty.aṅgula.āyāmāṃ sama.vṛttāṃ kārayet //

tasyāḥ pañca.palikaṃ maṇḍalaṃ baddhvā sama.karaṇaṃ kārayet //

tataḥ karṣa.uttaraṃ palaṃ pala.uttaraṃ daśa.palaṃ dvādaśa pañcadaśa viṃśatir iti padāni kārayet //

tata ā.śatād daśa.uttaraṃ kārayet //

akṣeṣu nāndī.pinaddhaṃ kārayet //

dvi.guṇa.lohāṃ tulām ataḥ ṣaṇṇavaty.aṅgula.āyāmāṃ parimāṇīṃ kārayet //

tasyāḥ śata.padād ūrdhvaṃ viṃśatiḥ pañcāśat śatam iti padāni kārayet //

viṃśati.tauliko bhāraḥ //

daśa.dhāraṇikaṃ palam //

tat.pala.śatam āya.mānī //

pañca.pala.avarā vyāvahārikī bhājany antaḥ.pura.bhājanī ca //

tāsām ardha.dharaṇa.avaraṃ palam, dvi.pala.avaram uttara.loham, ṣaḍ.aṅgula.avarāś ca^āyāmāḥ //

pūrvayoḥ pañca.palikaḥ prayāmo māṃsa.loha.lavaṇa.maṇi.varjam //

kāṣṭha.tulā aṣṭa.hastā padavatī pratimānavatī mayūra.pada.adhiṣṭhitā //

kāṣṭha.pañcaviṃśati.palaṃ taṇḍula.prastha.sādhanam //

eṣa pradeśo bahv.alpayoḥ //

iti tulā.pratimānaṃ vyākhyātam //

atha dhānya.māṣa.dvi.pala.śataṃ droṇam āya.mānam, sapta.aśīti.pala.śatam ardha.palaṃ ca vyāvahārikam, pañca.saptati.pala.śataṃ bhājanīyam, dvi.ṣaṣṭi.pala.śatam ardha.palaṃ ca^antaḥ.pura.bhājanīyam //

teṣām āḍhaka.prastha.kuḍubāś catur.bhāga.avarāḥ //

ṣoḍaśa.droṇā khārī //

viṃśati.droṇikaḥ kumbhaḥ //

kumbhair daśabhir vahaḥ //

śuṣka.sāra.dāru.mayaṃ samaṃ catur.bhāga.śikhaṃ mānaṃ kārayet, antaḥ.śikhaṃ vā //

rasasya tu surāyāḥ puṣpa.phalayos tuṣa.aṅgārāṇāṃ sudhāyāś ca śikhā.mānaṃ dvi.guṇa.uttarā vṛddhiḥ //

sa-pāda.paṇo droṇa.mūlyam āḍhakasya pāda.ūnaḥ, ṣaṇ.māṣakāḥ prasthasya, māṣakaḥ kuḍubasya //

dvi.guṇaṃ rasa.ādīnāṃ māna.mūlyam //

viṃśati.paṇāḥ pratimānasya //

tulā.mūlyaṃ tri.bhāgaḥ //

catur.māsikaṃ prātivedhanikaṃ kārayet //

apratividdhasya^atyayaḥ sa-pādaḥ sapta.viṃśati.paṇaḥ //

prātivedhanikaṃ kākaṇīkam ahar ahaḥ pautava.adhyakṣāya dadyuḥ //

dvātriṃśad.bhāgas tapta.vyājī sarpiṣaḥ, catuḥ.ṣaṣṭi.bhāgas tailasya //

pañcāśad bhāgo māna.srāvo dravāṇām //

kuḍuba.ardha.catur.aṣṭa.bhāgāni mānāni kārayet //

kuḍubāś catur.aśītir vārakaḥ sarpiṣo mataḥ //

catuḥ.ṣaṣṭis tu tailasya pādaś ca ghaṭikā^anayoḥ //
(ṃeasures of space and time)