འགྲོན་བུ་སྟོང་དྲུག་བརྒྱའི་རིན་

From Rigpa Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search

འགྲོན་བུ་སྟོང་དྲུག་བརྒྱའི་རིན། (Wyl. 'gron bu stong drug brgya'i rin ) Pron.: drön bu tong drukgyé rin

  • Skt. कार्षापणः, kārṣāpaṇa, Pron.: karshapana. From Sanskrit: 'weighing a Karsha', a coin or weight of different values (if of gold, = 16 Māshas | if of silver, = 16 Paṇas or 1280 Kowries, commonly termed a Kahān | if of copper, = 80 Raktikās or about 176 grains | but | to some = only 1 Paṇa of Kowries or 80 Kowries | worth so many Kārshāpaṇas | money, gold and silver | N. of a warrior-tribe | the chief of this tribe [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW