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# Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.60

Indian Epigraphical Glossary c9.60

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### [c9.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.sircar-1966.c9.60)

\*dramma\*, Indian form of Greek \*drachma\*; a silver coin 1/16 of a gold \*niṣka\* according to the \*Līlāvatī\*; name applied to the Śaka-type silver \*purāṇa\*, \*dharaṇa\* or \*kārṣāpaṇa\* (about 20 \*ratis\*, also called \*rūpaka\*); copper coin (\*dām\*) regarded as 1/40 of a Mughal rupee; money in general; the name first occurs on the Yaudheya coins.

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- [Līlāvaī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.prakrit.lilavai) — Kouhala, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit

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