Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.s12: Purchasing Power

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c9.s12

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Purchasing Power

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We do not much know about the purchasing power of money or the prices of ordinary commodities in those days. We are told that a partridge could be bought for one *kāhāvana*¹¹³ and a cow for fifty coins;¹¹⁴ the price of a blanket varied from eighteen *rūpakas* to a hundred thousand *rūpakas*.¹¹⁵

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¹¹³ *Das. cū* p. 58.

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¹¹⁴ *Ava cū*, p 117

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¹¹⁵ *Brh Bhā* 3 3890

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Bṛhatkalpalaghubhāṣya — Saṅghadāsagaṇi Kṣamāśramaṇa, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit
Dasaveyāliyacuṇṇi (Jinadāsa) — Jinadāsagaṇi Mahattara, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit