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# Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5553

Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5553

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### [c6.5553](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.5553)

\*śatamāna\*, name of a coin; a silver coin weighing 320 \*ratis\* (rarely also 160 \*ratis\*); also called \*pala\*, \*niṣka\*, \*śukti\*, \*aṣṭamikā\* and \*nalā\*; wrongly regarded as 100 \*ratis\* in weight. See \*JNSI\*, Vol. XVI, pp. 41, 46-47. For \*śatamāna\* as a gold coin, see ibid., Vol. XV, p. 140.

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