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??????????????? ?????? (Gorkai. Gorkhai), ????? (Vanji), ??????(Tondi), ????? (M
atrai), ??? (Urai), ????? ??? (Kudal Garh) ??????? ???? (Koli); ????????????????
?? ?????? (Korkay. Gorkay). ????????? (Pumbakar) ???? ????? ???????? ???? ??????
???????? ??????????????????? ??????????? ??????? ??????? ?????????? ????????? ??
????. ?????. ??????. ?????. ???????. ?????. ????. ?????????? ????????? ?????????
??????????.
Grain volume
1 kuNam= smallest unit of volume
9 kuNam= 1 mummi
11 mummi= 1 aNu
7 aNu=1 immi
7 immi= 1 uminel
1 sittigai= 7 uminel
360 nel= 1 sevidu
5 sevidu= 1 aazhaakku
2 aazhaakku= 1 uzhakku
2 uzhakku= 1 uri
2 uri= 1 padi
8 padi= 1 marakkaal(kuRuNi)
2 marakkaal(kuRuNi)= 1 padhakku
2 padhakku= 1 thooNi
5 marakkaal= 1 paRai
80 paRai= 1 karisai
96 padi= 1 kalam
120 padi= 1 pothi(mootai)
21 marakkal = 1 Kottai
1 padi, = 1800 avarai pods = 12,800 miLagu seeds = 14,400 nel grains = 14,800 pa
yaRu grains = 38,000 arisi grains = 115,200 sesame seeds
Fluid volume
5 sevidu= 1 aazhaakku
2 mahani = 1 aazhakku (arai kal padi)
2 aazhaakku= 1 uzhakku (Kal padi)
2 uzhakku= 1 uri (Arai padi)
2 uri= 1 padi
8 padi= 1 marakkaal
2 marakkaal(kuRuNi)= 1 padhakku
2 padhakku= 1 thooNi
21 Marakkal = 1 Kottai
Length
10 koaN= 1 nuNNaNu
10 nuNNaNU= 1 aNu(atom)
8 aNu= 1 kathirtthugaL
8 kathirtthugaL= 1 thusumbu
8 thusumbu= 1 mayirnuni
8 mayirnuni= 1 nuNmaNal
8 nuNmaNal= 1 siRu-kadugu
8 siRu-kadugu= 1 eL
8 eL= 1 nel
8 nel= 1 viral= 8^8 aNu(atom)= 1.9444 centimetre
12 viral= 1 saaN= 100 immi= 23.3333 centimetre
2 saaN= 1 muzham= 46.6666 centimetre

2 muzham= 1 kajam
4 muzham= 1 paagam
625 paagam= 1 kaadham= 5000 saaN= 1166.66 metres= 1.167 kilometre
Likeness (Saartthal)
Likeness has attributes of tone, sound, colour and shape for comparison of a giv
en substance with a known standard.
Whole numbers
Old Tamil numerical characters
1= onRu
10= patthu
100= nooRu
1000= aayiram
10,000= pathaayiram
100,000= nooRaayiram
1000,000= meiyiram
10^9= thoLLunn
10^12= eegiyam
10^15= neLai
10^18= iLanji
10^20= veLLam
10^21= aambal
Sanskrit texts elaborate the following version:
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1 = ONDRU -one
10 = PATHU -ten
100 = NOORU-hundred
1,000 = AAYIRAM-thousand
10,000 = PATHAAYIRAM -ten thousand
100,000 = LATCHAM-hundred thousand
1,000,000 = PATHU LATCHAM - one million
10,000,000 = KODI-ten million
100,000,000 = ARPUTHAM-hundred million
1,000,000,000 = NIGARPUTHAM- one billion
10,000,000,000 = KUMBAM-ten billion
100,000,000,000 = KANAM-hundred billion
1,000,000,000,000 = KARPAM-one trillion
10,000,000,000,000 = NIKARPAM -ten trillion
100,000,000,000,000 = PATHUMAM -hundred trillion
1,000,000,000,000,000 = SANGGAM -quadrillion
10,000,000,000,000,000 = VELLAM -ten quadrillion
100,000,000,000,000,000 = ANNIYAM -hundred quadrillion
1,000,000,000,000,000,000 = ARTTAM -quintillion
10,000,000,000,000,000,000 = PARARTTAM -ten quintillion
100,000,000,000,000,000,000 = POORIYAM -hundred quintillion
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = MUKKODI -sextillion
10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = MAHAYUGAM -ten sextillion

Fractions
1= onRu
3/4= mukkaal
1/2= arai
1/4= kaal
1/5= naalumaa
3/16= moonRu veesam

3/20= moonRumaa
1/8= araikkaal
1/10= irumaa
1/16= maakaaNi (veesam)
1/20= orumaa
3/64= mukkaal veesam
3/80= mukkaaN
1/32= araiveesam
1/40 araimaa
1/64= kaal veesam
1/80= kaaNi
3/320= araikkaaNi munthiri
1/160= araikkaaNi
1/320= munthiri
1/102,400= keezh munthiri
1/2,150,400= immi
1/23,654,400= mummi
1/165,580,800= aNu
1/1,490,227,200= kuNam
1/7,451,136,000= pantham
1/44,706,816,000= paagam
1/312,947,712,000= vintham
1/5,320,111,104,000= naagavintham
1/74,481,555,456,000= sinthai
1/1,489,631,109,120,000= kathirmunai
1/59,585,244,364,800,000= kuralvaLaippidi
1/3,575,114,661,888,000,000= veLLam
1/357,511,466,188,800,000,000= nuNNmaNl
1/2,323,824,530,227,200,000,000= thaertthugaL
Currency
1 pal (wooden discs/sea shellots)= (approximately) 0.9 grain
8 (or 10 base 8 ) paRkaL =1 senkaaNi (copper/bronze) = 7.2 grains(misinterpr
etted by Roman accounts as 10 base 10 paRkal =9 grains)
1/4 senkaaNi =1 kaalkaaNi (copper) =1.8 grains(misinterpretted by Roman acco
unts as 2.25 grains)
64 (or 100 base 8 ) paRkaL = 1 KaaNap-pon a.k.a. Kaasu panam(gold) = 57.6 gr
ains
1 Roman dinarium was traded on par with 2 KaaNappon plus 1 SenkaaNi(=124 gra
ins).
18 Ana = 2.5 Rupee, 16 Ana = 1 Rupee, 1 Ana = 3 Thuttu, 1/4 Ana = 3/4 (mukka
l) thuttu
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Tamil units of measurement

Sureshkannan (Pulli)

September 20, 2011 at 9:26 AM

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innum nariya iruku da machi its difficult to edit.. will update one by on
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December 8, 2013 at 1:31 AM
???? ?????????? ?????? ????? ???????? (Decimal Calculation)..!
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??????? ??? ???? ??? ??? ????? ???????? ???????? 1000 ???? ?????????????????, ??
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Balasubramaniyam
November 19, 2011 at 6:35 PM
Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!
Our Ancestors are great, they are the center of excellence through out the w
orld, Then why our people not teaching those things in our school, Its really ba
d & shame to us .. feel pity of us .
any how atleast now onwards we learned abt how our tamizh is stronger and we
have all kind of terminological words. Thanks a lot (Mikka Nandri) for the peop
le who done this great job!!!!!!!!
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March 30, 2012 at 3:43 PM
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April 29, 2012 at 5:33 PM
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Hema Priyadarshini
September 26, 2012 at 12:05 AM
ithukellam enna aatharam irukku? wikipedia page la original research nu poti
rukku.. :( naalu perukku kamicha kelvi kekuraanga.. ithuku atharam sekka enna va
zhi? yen tamizh mozhi pathina aarachi veliyeedu ivlo kammiyaa irukku? :(
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December 22, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Thamilzhai vala vaippavarkal enrenrum vaalvarkal.
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K. Sriskantharajah.
December 22, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Thamilzhai vaala vaippavarkalai num thamilzhth theivam enrenrum vaala vaikku
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K. Sriskantharajah.
December 22, 2012 at 10:11 AM
vaalththukkal.
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February 16, 2013 at 6:32 PM
Great work
am realy feeled that as a tamilzan upto 21 yrs i dont know anything abt it
i just ashame to admit it :'(
now to i just came to search something but am re-directed by google acidentl
y am here :(
if no Still my death.. I dont even knw abt it :/
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February 28, 2013 at 10:56 AM
Highly valuable information both for the older generation and for the younge
r generation who may not be knowing this great information on measurement.

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March 12, 2013 at 7:06 PM
what is thatchu mulam ?
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April 12, 2013 at 9:35 AM
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Great. the ancient tamils have such a measuring system . amazing.
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May 21, 2014 at 12:17 PM
I don t want to say just like others as Excellent, Super, Amazing, Great etc.,
, but how can we use in day today life? if we need to use it has to be as part o
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July 11, 2014 at 3:58 PM
please write the details in tamil language . I comment u in english becoz my
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September 22, 2014 at 5:59 PM

1 acre = 43,560 sq.ft.
1 acre = 100 cent
1 cent = 435.6 sq.ft.
1 KULI=144 SQ.FT
1 kuli = 44 cent
3 KULI=1 CENT
1 acre = 2.25 kuli
1ACRE=300KULI
SOME DATA S ARE FOUND WRONG
PLEASE MAKE CORRECTIONS

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