[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c6.2647 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.2647 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.2647 - **Language:** English ### [c6.2647](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2647) 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. - [Previous: c6.2646](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2646) - [Next: c6.2648](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2648) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Cites (2) - [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei) - [Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.cii) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2647](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.2647) · Pramāṇa