Dictionary Definition:
Māpaka ( -- ˚) (adj. n.) [fr. māpeti] one who measures, only in doṇa˚ (a minister) measuring the d. revenue (of rice) J ii.367, 381; DhA iv.88; and in dhañña˚measuring corn or grain J iii.542 (˚kamma, the process of . . .); Vism 278 (in comparison).