Note 70 — Chapter VI · Magic Rites as affecting the Life of Man (continued 3)
Reading edition
The kati is the “Indian” pound (1⅓ pound avoir.), and the tahil is its sixteenth part. The phrase sakati lima is explained by Klinkert as an elliptical expression = sa-kĕti lima laksa, i.e. 150,000 cash (pitis). Vide Kl. sub voce. ↑