Yavamadhya

Japanese: yavamadhya
Yavamadhya

…(2) Measures based on the size of natural objects The following is an example of the type (b). The most widely used was the measurement based on the length and width of the grains of the main cereals in the area (wheat, foxtail millet, millet, etc.), and examples can be found in the Chinese bun and the Indian yavamadhya. In such cases, it seems that operations such as excluding extremely small or large grains were sometimes added, and there are traces of the simple application of standardization techniques and statistical processing methods. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "yavamadhya" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…(2)自然物のサイズによる度 次に(ロ)の系統の例を示す。もっとも広く行われたのは,その地の主要な穀物(麦,アワ,キビなど)の粒の長さや幅で定めた〈度〉であり,中国の分,インドのヤーバマージャyavamadhyaに実例が見られる。その際,極端に小または大である粒は除外するといった操作が加味されることもあったそうで,そこには標準化の手法や統計的な処理法の素朴な適用の跡を認めることができる。…

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