[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957) › c19.190 # The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c19.190 The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c19.190 - **Language:** English ### [c19.190](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.190) The term \*apratigha\* has been interpreted as ‘invincible in his resolution’ on p. 210. This meaning, invincible, is common in the epics and classical literature. But a better meaning can be suggested. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, \*pratigha\* is something which destroys roots of merit; it is one of the six \*kleśas\*, causing bondage. It consists of anger, aversion, repugnance, loathing, resistence and hostility. So when this coin-type describes Kumāragupta I as \*apratigha\*, it seeks to convey that he was above anger, aversion, etc. His dress shows that he had become a monk; the adjective suggests that he had made considerable spiritual progress. Entreaties of the Queen or the Commander-in-Chief could not move him. - [Previous: c19.189](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.189) - [Next: c19.191](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.191) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.190](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.190) · Pramāṇa