Hindu Administrative Institutions c10.s6.47

c10.s6.47

² साशोतिः पणसाहस्तो दण्ड उत्तम साहसः । तदर्धं मध्यमः प्रोक्तस्तदर्धमधमः स्मृतः ॥ (Yāj., i.366) पणानां द्वे शते सार्द्धे प्रथमः साहसः स्मृतः । मध्यमः पंच विज्ञेयः सहस्रन्वेव चोत्तमः । (Manu, viii. 138.) The word *paṇa* occurs invariably both in the legal and other technical literature of the ancient Hindus. What was its actual worth is given by Yājñavalkya, i. 365. This verse states that copper weighing a *karṣa* is a *paṇa*. And a *karṣa* is a weight of gold or silver equal to sixteen *māṣās*.