History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s24.14

v1.c6.s24.14

These considerations make it clear that Bṛhaspati is certainly later than Manu and Yāj. It is difficult to state his exact relationship to Nārada. He agrees more closely with Manu than Nārada does, but in some respects such as definitions and the rights of women he shows great advance over Nārada. So he is probably a contemporary of or not much later than Nārada. He employs the word nāṇaka.³⁷⁹ He defines a dīnāra, also called "suvarṇa", as equal to twelve dhānakas and says that a dhānaka was equal to four aṇḍikas, an aṇḍikā being a copper paṇa weighing a *karṣa* and bearing a stamp.³⁸⁰ This agrees with what Nārada says about dīnāra.