द्वादशार्धपलोन्मानं चतुर्भिश्चतुरङ्गुलै: । स्वर्णमाषै: कृतच्छिद्रं यावत्प्रस्थजलप्लुतम् ॥ ९ ॥
dvadasardha-palonmanam caturbhis catur-angulaih svarna-masaih krta-cchidram yavat prastha-jala-plutam
- dvadasa-ardha
- six
- pala
- of the scale of weight
- unmanam
- measuring pot
- caturbhih
- by weight of four
- catuh-angulaih
- four fingers by measure
- svarna
- of gold
- masaih
- of the weight
- krta-chidram
- making a hole
- yavat
- as long as
- prastha
- measuring one prastha
- jala-plutam
- filled by water.
The measuring pot for one nadika, or danda, can be prepared with a six-pala-weight (fourteen ounce) pot of copper, in which a hole is bored with a gold probe weighing four masa and measuring four fingers long. When the pot is placed on water, the time before the water overflows in the pot is called one danda.