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# Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6757

Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6757

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### [c6.6757](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c6.6757)

\*vīsa\* (IE 8-8; EI 5), name of a coin (\*JNSI\*, Vol. XXVI, pp. 127ff.); cf. \*lokkiya-vīsa\*, probably meaning ‘a \*vīsa\* minted at Lokkiguṇḍi’; Sanskrit \*viṃśa\*, \*viṃśaka\*, \*viṃśatika\*, or \*viṃśopaka\*. (\*Ep. Ind.\*, Vol. VI, p. 232, note 6), Telugu-Kannaḍa; 1/16 of a \*haṇa\* (\*paṇa\*); but 1/20 of the standard coin in value essentially.

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## Cites (1)

- [Śevilimeḍu Inscription of the Sixteenth Year](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.south.cola.sevilimedu-inscription-of-the-sixteenth-year) — Sanskrit

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