Droṇa (Measure)

Droṇa · droṇa, “a measure of grain”

Droṇa has other meanings too: see all meanings of Droṇa.

Grammar: masculine or neuter noun: “a vessel, a measure”.

Meaning: a measure of grain and other dry goods.

In the scriptures: the Bhavishya Purāṇa uses the droṇa for the quantity of the great gifts.

• The tila calf. In the gift of the sesame cow, the cow is of four āḍhakas and the calf of one droṇa of tila (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 152).
• The dhenu of gems. One droṇa of salt is placed on a black deerskin, and on that the dhenu made of gems is set (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 157).
• The mountain of grain. One thousand droṇas of grain is the highest, five hundred droṇas the middle, and three hundred droṇas the least (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapter 195).
• The mountain of salt. Sixteen droṇas of salt is the highest; half of that, eight droṇas, the middle; and four droṇas the lowest. A person without means makes it of half a droṇa or one droṇa, according to his strength (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapters 196–197).
• The mountain of sesame. Ten droṇas of sesame is the highest, five droṇas the middle, and three droṇas the least (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Uttara Parva, Chapters 198–199).

In the drought of Śantanu‘s reign, the price of grain became a droṇa for one mudrā (Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 8).

Related terms: Āḍhaka · Pala · Dāna · Mudrā

Sources

• Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 8; Uttara Parva, Chapters 152, 157, 195–199