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Sanskrit · noun · Everyday Life

Tola

तोला
said to-laa
Meaning

A traditional unit of weight for gold and silver, about eleven and a half grams.

See it in the verse

Tola in Iqbal’s couplets

Jamhuriyat ek tarz-e-hukumat hai ki jis mein
Bandon ko gina karte hain, tola nahin karte
Democracy is a mode of governance in which people are counted, not weighed.
Justice · Awakening
Related words
SANSKRIT

Maasha

A small unit of weight for gold equal to eight rattis; one-twelfth of a tola.

SANSKRIT

Tol

Weight; the act of weighing.

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