A unit of weight used in India, equal to the weight of one silver rupee (11.7 grams or 180 troy grains).
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In India, a unit of weight equal to 180 grains troy (the weight of one silver rupee)
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A unit of mass used in India, equal to the mass of a silverrupee coin, fixed at 180 troy grains (11.663"‰8038 grams) in 1833, of a similar but slightly variable value before that date.
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Origin of tola
Hindi tolāfrom Sanskrit tulāweighttelə- in Indo-European roots
From
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Hindiतोला (tolÄ), Urduتولا (tolÄ)
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Tola Sentence Examples
There are also two kinds of shrubby plants, a thorny Composita called " ccanlli " and another, called " tola," which is a resinous Baccharis and is used for fuel.
Contemporaneously with the Wars of Religion in France a long and terrible struggle between the king of Spain and his Dutch and Belgian provinces had resulted in the formation of a Protestant state - the United Nether- United lands, which was destined tola an important role play p in the history of the Reformed religion.
The "tola" (180 grains) is properly the Government unit of weight for currency; and 80 tolas make the "Government seer."