[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Indian Epigraphy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965) › c16.s8.2 # Indian Epigraphy c16.s8.2 Indian Epigraphy c16.s8.2 - **Language:** English ### [c16.s8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s8.2) Among words which can be traced in Prakrit but which are not recognised in Sanskrit lexicons, we may further refer to varṇikā and chimpaka used in Viṣṇuṣeṇa’s charter.² They are respectively the same as Prakrit vaṇṇiā meaning ‘a sample’ - [Previous: c16.s8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s8.1) - [Next: c16.s8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s8.3) - [Up: c16.s8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c16.s8.2) · Pramāṇa