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# Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.233

Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.233

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### [c9.233](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.233)

\*śatamāna\*, the weight of 320 \*ratis\*; literally, ‘a hundred units of measurement’, the unit probably being the \*mañjāḍi\* (q.v.); also called \*pala\* and \*niṣka\* (320 \*ratis\* of gold or silver); during the medieval period, sometimes regarded as 160 \*ratis\*; name sometimes applied to an ancient gold coin.

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