 This Coss resembles the Chinese lih, ie the distance which can be attained by a man's voice exerted in a plain surface, and in calm weather. Another in Bengal is estimated by plucking a green leaf, and walking with it till it is dry. Another is measured...  Supplement to the Glossary of Indian Terms - Page 195by Sir Henry Miers Elliot - 1845 - 447 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abū al-Faz̤l ibn Mubārak - 1800 - 564 pages
...they call it, | cofe. l-Jowjun. Some tf' ',,; Some Hindoos reckon the cofe to confift of 1000 fteps made by a woman, carrying a jar of water on her head and a child in her arms. Praife be unto God, that, by the affiftance of his divine grace, I have completed the Inftitutes, and... | |
 | 1837
...gates at several parts of the defile.' The cose is explained by the same author 'to consist of 1000 steps made by a woman carrying a jar of water on her head and a child in her arms.' At the northern base of the mountain are the remains of a city, supposed to have been Ilic capital... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1837 - 1040 pages
...gates at several parts of the defile.' The cose is explained by the same author 'to consist of 1000 steps made by a woman carrying a jar of water on her head and a child in her arms.' At the northern base of the mountain are the remains of a city, supposed to have been the capital of... | |
 | James Prinsep - India - 1858 - 650 pages
...surface, and in calm weather. Another in Bengal is estimated by plucking a green leaf, and walking with it till it is dry. Another is measured by a hundred...standards. The same may be remarked of the oriental Mcel, as well as the European mile, and league. The two former evidently derive their name from the... | |
 | James Prinsep - India - 1858 - 660 pages
...surface, and in calm weather. Another in Bengal is estimated by plucking a green leaf, and walking with it till it is dry. Another is measured by a hundred...standards. The same may be remarked of the oriental Mecl, as well as the European mile, and league. The two former evidently derive their name from the... | |
 | James Prinsep - India - 1858 - 658 pages
...surface, and in calm weather. Another in Bengal is estimated by plucking a green leaf, and walking with it till it is dry. Another is measured by a hundred...water on her head, and a child in her arms. All these arc very indefinite standards. The same may be remarked of the oriental Meel, as well as the European... | |
 | Sir Henry Miers Elliot - Caste - 1869 - 430 pages
...surface, and in calm weather. Another in Bengal is estimated by plucking a green leaf, and walking with it till it is dry. Another is measured by a hundred...standards. The same may be remarked of the Oriental mil, as well as the European mile and league. The two former evidently derive their name from the Roman... | |
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