India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c9.s5.9
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c9.s5.9
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(3) *Bista* (IV. 1. 22; V. 1. 31). Pāṇini refers to articles purchased for two or three *bistas*. The *Amarakośa* explains *bista* as a synonym of *karsha* or *aksha* used for weighing gold. Charaka treats *karsha*, *suvarṇa* and *aksha* as synonyms. It appears that Pāṇini used *bista* as a synonym for *suvarṇa*. Thus *bista* was equal to 80 *rattis*.