Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.195

c9.195

paṇa, same as the copper kārṣāpaṇa, 80 ratis in weight according to Manu, etc.; equal to 80 cowrie-shells according to the Līlāvatī; regarded in East India during the late medieval period as equal to 80 cowrie-shells and 1/16 of a kāhaṇ = kārṣāpaṇa (q.v.); 1/16 of a suvarṇa according to some; 1/48 of a kārṣāpaṇa according to the Kṛtyakalpataru; same as Tamil paṇam (q.v.).