Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.167

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māṣa, name of a weight or a coin weighing 5 ratis originally; later regarded as 10 ratis in weight; ¼ of a śāna and ⅛ of a śatamāna; sometimes regarded as 1/20 of a paṇa of 100 ratis (i.e. 5 ratis); a gold coin (as opposed to the silver māṣaka) according to the Kṛtyakalpataru; cf. ādya-māṣa, māḍa.