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Bhojpuri units of measurement

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Bhojpuri Units are the units of measurement that are used in the Bhojpuri region of India and Nepal.

Length

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Table of equivalences
Bhojpuri unit SI (metric) Imperial units Traditional definition
angul (๐‘‚ƒ๐‘‚๐‘‚๐‘‚ณ๐‘‚ช) 17 mm 2/3 Inch A finger-breath,[1] 3 Pains, 9 Suts
Chaua (๐‘‚’๐‘‚ธ๐‘‚„) 67.73 mm 2.67 Inch Four angul
muttha (๐‘‚ง๐‘‚ณ๐‘‚—๐‘‚น๐‘‚˜๐‘‚ฐ) 67.73 mm 2.67 Inch Width of a Fist, Used in Shahabad Region instead of Chaua[1]
Bitta (๐‘‚ฅ๐‘‚ฑ๐‘‚ž๐‘‚น๐‘‚ž๐‘‚ฐ) 203.2 mm 8 inch 12 anguls
Sut (๐‘‚ฎ๐‘‚ด๐‘‚ž) 17/27 mm 2/27 Inch Thickness of a thread
Pain (๐‘‚ฃ๐‘‚ถ๐‘‚ข) 51/27 mm 6/27 inch 3 Suts
Tassur (๐‘‚ž๐‘‚ฎ๐‘‚น๐‘‚ฎ๐‘‚ณ๐‘‚ฉ) 17 mm 2/3 Inch A finger-breath,[1] 3 Pains, 9 Suts, 1 angul (to measure wood, it's 2 angul)
Gaj (๐‘‚๐‘‚”; wood measure) 476 mm 56/3 inch 28 anguls (for measuring wood; hath is used instead[1]
Hanth (๐‘‚ฏ๐‘‚ฐ๐‘‚๐‘‚Ÿ) 406 mm 16 Inch 24 angul, 2 Bitta. (Hath can vary from 15 to 20 inches, hence the average 18 inches can be considered as 1 Cubit[1])
deg (๐‘‚™๐‘‚ต๐‘‚) or Gaj 914.4 mm 36 Inch 2 Hath, 4 Bitta
Girah (๐‘‚๐‘‚ฑ๐‘‚ฉ๐‘‚ฏ) 57.15 mm 9/4 Inch Length of Forefinger, 1/16 Gaj
Laggi (๐‘‚ช๐‘‚๐‘‚น๐‘‚๐‘‚ฒ) 2743.2 mm 108 inch 3 Gaj (also called Baans or Lattha[2])
Sikandari Gaj (๐‘‚ฎ๐‘‚ฑ๐‘‚๐‘‚๐‘‚ ๐‘‚ฉ๐‘‚ฒ ๐‘‚๐‘‚”) 812 mm 32 Inch 48 angul, 2 haath (also called Barka Gaj[3])
rasari (๐‘‚ฉ๐‘‚ฎ๐‘‚ฉ๐‘‚ฒ) 48768 mm 1920 Inch 20 laggi (70 cubit in South-West Shahabad[3])
kos (๐‘‚๐‘‚ท๐‘‚ฎ) 2926 meters 9600 feet 60 rasari (50 in South-West Shahabad[3]);

Area

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Bhojpuri unit SI ('Metric')  Relationship
dhur (๐‘‚ก๐‘‚ด๐‘‚ฉ) 1 Square Laggi
Kattha (๐‘‚๐‘‚—๐‘‚น๐‘‚˜๐‘‚ฐ) 20 Dhur
Bigaha (๐‘‚ฅ๐‘‚ฑ๐‘‚๐‘‚ฏ๐‘‚ฐ) 20 Kattha
Pakka Bigaha 1337.8 sq. meter Pakka Bigaha is 14400 sq. feet. Bigaha depends on laggi and hath which varies from 15 to 20 inches. Hence, the normal Bigaha varies.[3]

Weight

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Bhojpuri unit SI ('Metric')  Relationship
ratti 0.12 Gram
Maas 0.97 Gram 8 ratti[4]
Tola 12 Maas
Chhaatank 5 Tola
Ser 16 Chhatank
adhpai 1/8 Ser
pauwa 1/4 Ser
Adhsera 1/2 Ser[5]
Teenpauwa 3/4 Ser
Sawaiya 5/4 Ser
Derhseri 3/2 Ser
Arahiya 1/2 Paseri
Paseri 5 Ser
Dhaara 10 Ser
Man 40 Ser

Proportion

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Proportion is generally expressed by saying so many aana in a Rupiya. 16 aanas make one rupee. Thus, one aana in a rupee equal 1:16.[6]

Bibliography

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  • Grierson, G.A. (1885). Bihar Peasant Life. London: The Bengal Secretariat Press.
  • Tiwari, Arjun (2019). Bhojpuri Hindi Shabkosh (in Hindi) (1st ed.). Varanasi: Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan. ISBN 978-93-87643-11-6.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Grierson 1885, p. 425.
  2. ^ Grierson 1885, p. 425-426.
  3. ^ a b c d Grierson 1885, p. 426.
  4. ^ Grierson 1885, p. 430-431.
  5. ^ Tiwari 2019, p. 15.
  6. ^ Grierson 1885, p. 428.