Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4606

c6.4606

*pon* (SITI), also spelt *poṇ*; name of a gold coin also called *māḍai*. Cf. *pon-bhaṇḍāram*, ‘gold-treasury’; *pon-paṇḍāra-vāśal*, ‘the gate of the gold-treasury; royal gold-treasury’; *pon-vargam* (SITI), ‘a class of taxes payable in gold or coin; *ponvari*, ‘tax payable in gold (cash)’; also ‘the fee for minting gold into coins’; probably, the same as *ponvari-māḍai*.