[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) › c9.195 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.195 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.195 - **Language:** English ### [c9.195](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.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.). - [Previous: c9.194](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.194) - [Next: c9.196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.196) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9) ## Linked texts (3) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Līlāvaī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.prakrit.lilavai) — Kouhala, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.195](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.195) · Pramāṇa