[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Indian Epigraphical Glossary](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966) › c9.167 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.167 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.167 - **Language:** English ### [c9.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.167) 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. - [Previous: c9.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.166) - [Next: c9.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.168) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.167) · Pramāṇa