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Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6000

Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6000

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c6.6000

*suvarṇa* (IE 8-8; EI 28; CII 3), name of a gold coin and also of a weight of gold; equal to 16 *māṣas* or 80 *ratis*; also called *akṣa*, *picu*, *paṇi*, *kroḍa*, *binduka*, *viḍālapadaka*, *haṃsapada*, *grāsagraha* and *tola*. See *JNSI*, Vol. XVI, p. 46.