[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) › c9.249 # Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.249 Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.249 - **Language:** English ### [c9.249](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.249) suvarṇa, weight of 16 māṣas or 80 ratis (about 146 grains); 16 kārṣāpaṇas or rūpakas or 48 paṇas according to different authorities; called picu, pāṇi, kroḍa, binduka, viḍālapadaka, haṃsapada, grāsagraha and tola; also called niṣka; 1/4 of pala; gold coin weighing 80 ratis; name applied to Tamil kaḻañju (about 32 ratis or 58 grains theoretically). - [Previous: c9.248](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.248) - [Next: c9.250](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.250) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.249](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.249) · Pramāṇa