[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) › c6.3596 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3596 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.3596 - **Language:** English ### [c6.3596](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3596) \*māsa\* (EI 21, 25, 30, 33; CII 4), according to the \*Kṛtyakalpataru\* (\*Vyavahāra-kāṇḍa\*, ed. K.V. Rangaswami Aiyangar, p. 125), a gold coin as opposed to silver \*māṣaka\*; name of a weight; name of a coin; 5 \*ratis\* in weight; sometimes regarded as 10 \*ratis\* in weight and as equal to ¼ of a \*śāna\*. See \*JNSI\*, Vol. XVI, p. 41. It was sometimes regarded as 1/20 of a \*paṇa\* of 100 \*ratis\* (\*ibid.\*, Vol. XV, p. 143). Cf. \*māṣaka\*, \*ādya-māsa\*. - [Previous: c6.3595](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3595) - [Next: c6.3597](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3597) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) ## Cites (1) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3596](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.3596) · Pramāṇa