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# Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.215

Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.215

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### [c9.215](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.215)

\*purāṇa\*, a silver coin also called \*dharaṇa\* and \*kārṣāpaṇa\*, 32 \*ratis\* (about 58 grains) in weight; name applied to the silver punch-marked coins and also to the Śaka-type silver coins weighing about 20 \*ratis\*.

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