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² *ASWI*, v, 60 f.; 80 f.; *SI*, No. 82. The *dakshiṇā* (fees) given on the occasions of various sacrifices consisted of cows, horses, elephants, chariots, silver and gold articles, and cash. The total of the cows given away reached the figure of more than 50,000 and the total cash gifts amounted to 148,000 and odd *karshapanas*. Although both silver and copper coins circulated under the name *karshapana*, here only silver is intended. (See *CIC*, p. clxxxiii, n. 1).