India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c9.s6.3
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c9.s6.3
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c9.s6.3
1. *Nishka.* 'As early as the *Ṛigveda* traces are seen of the use of Nishka as a sort of currency, for a singer celebrates the receipt of a hundred Nishkas and a hundred steeds: he could hardly require the Nishkas merely for purposes of personal adornment. Later the use of Nishkas as currency is quite clear.' (*Vedic Index*, I. 455). The *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa* refers to a *nishka* of gold (XI. 4. 1. 8). The *Jātakas* also mention *nishka* as a gold coin (*A. I. N.*, p. 48).
Linked texts (3)
- Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit
- Jātaka — Pāli
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit