India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c9.s6.t1.16
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c9.s6.t1.16
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c9.s6.t1.16
VIMŚATIKA—(a silver punch-marked coin of 20 *māshas*). Pāṇini knows of a heavier *kārshāpaṇa* called *viṁśatika* equivalent to 20 *māshas* as against the standard *kārshāpaṇa* of 16 *māshas*. *Viṁśatika* is mentioned in the following *sūtras*: