[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) › c6.4878 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4878 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.4878 - **Language:** English ### [c6.4878](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4878) \*purāṇa\* (IE 8-8; EI 12, 21, 29), name of a coin; a silver coin also called \*dharaṇa\* and \*kārṣāpaṇa\* (32 or 24 \*ratis\*); cf. \*kapardaka-purāṇa\* (EI 26), meaning \*purāṇa\* calculated in cowrie-shells; also \*paṇa-purāṇa\* (i.e. \*purāṇa\* counted in copper \*paṇas\*). - [Previous: c6.4877](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4877) - [Next: c6.4879](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4879) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4878](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.4878) · Pramāṇa