Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.11.9
SB 3.11.9
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dvādaśārdha-palonmānaṁ caturbhiś catur-aṅgulaiḥ svarṇa-māṣaiḥ kṛta-cchidraṁ yāvat prastha-jala-plutam
Translation
The measuring pot for one nāḍikā, or daṇḍa, can be prepared with a six-pala-weight [fourteen ounce] pot of copper, in which a hole is bored with a gold probe weighing four māṣa and measuring four fingers long. When the pot is placed on water, the time before the water overflows in the pot is called one daṇḍa.