Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.26

c9.26

arṇikā, equal to 2 māṣas. aṣṭamikā, same as śatamāna. āsu, cf. accu. āśuva-kkāśu, same as ājīvaka-kāśu (q.v.); see kāśu. aṭha-gānī, same as ṭaṅka. aureus, Roman gold coin (124 grains); same as the gold denareus (q.v.). badara, same as tola or tolaka. baḍi-māḍuvulu, see māḍa. balotra, name applied to an Indian silver coin by the Muslim chroniclers of the early medieval period. barāḍ, modified form of varāṭaka (q.v.). bārah-gānī, 1½ aṭha-gānīs or ṭaṅkas. belliya-dramma, Kannaḍa; ‘silver dramma’; see dramma. bhāga, see hāga, pāga. bhairava-gadyāṇa ‘a gadyāṇa minted by a goldsmith named Bhairava’; cf. bṛhat-bhairava-gadyāṇa; see gadyāṇa. bhīmapriya-dramma, ‘a dramma minted by a goldsmith named Bhīma’; see dramma.