Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.2647

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kārṣāpaṇa (IE 8-8; EI 29; CII 4), name of a gold, silver or copper coin one karṣa (80 ratis) in weight; name of a silver coin of 32 ratis, same as purāṇa or dharaṇa; name applied to the gold gaṇḍa-māḍa also called niṣka or gaṇḍa-niṣka (JNSI, Vol. XVI, p. 43). The weight of a copper or gold kārṣāpaṇa was 80 or 100 ratis (JNSI, Vol XV, p. 143); copper kārṣāpaṇa was also called paṇa. Cf. kāhāpaṇa (EI 8), Prakrit for Sanskrit kārṣāpaṇa; see kāhāṇa, kahāṇa.