Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.226

c9.226

*śaṇa*, name of a weight or a coin 40 *ratis* in weight; equal to 4 *māṣas*; sometimes regarded as 32 *ratis* and called *niṣka* and *ṭaṅka*; rarely also regarded as equal to 24 or 20 *ratis*.