تلا

तुला tulā, s.f. A balance or scale, a pair of scales; the balance as an ordeal; the sign Libra of the Zodiac; a measure or weight of gold and silver, 100 palas, or about 145 oz. Troy; the practice of being weighed against gold or any valuable substance (which is afterwards given to priests); the science of Statics:—tulā-parīkshā, s.f. Ordeal by the balance (the weight of the accused being first taken, certain prayers and ceremonies are performed, after which he is weighed again; if lighter, he is innocent; if heavier, or as at first, guilty):—tulā-dān, s.m. The gift to a Brāhman of as much gold, silver, etc. as equals the weight of the body:—tulā-koṭhī, s.f. An ornament of the feet or toes; a hundred millions:—tulā-koś, s.m.=tulā-parīkshā, q.v.:—tulā-lagan, s.f. The entrance of the sun into Libra:—tulā-vīj, or tulā-bīj, s.m. The berry of the Abrus precatorius, from which the goldsmith's or jeweller's weight in India is taken (the berry weighs about 1 5⁄16 grains Troy, the factitious weight about 2 3⁄16 grains).