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# Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.133

Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.133

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### [c9.133](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.133)

kārṣāpaṇa, silver coin weighing 32 ratis (about 58 grains), also called purāṇa or dharaṇa; copper coin of 80 ratis or about 146 grains (sometimes 100 ratis or about 183 grains), also called paṇa; Śaka-type silver coin of about 20 ratis, also called rūpaka, dramma, etc.; gold coin of 80 ratis (cf. suvarṇa); name applied to gaṇḍa māḍa (probably ½ tola in weight), also called niṣka (q.v.); same as kāhaṇa, etc.; cf karṣa of 120 ratis.

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